Pennsylvania officials announced Wednesday that residents must wear face coverings when outside the home, the latest in a series of statewide mask mandates to combat…
Pennsylvania officials announced Wednesday that residents must wear face coverings when outside the home, the latest in a series of statewide mask mandates to combat the spread of COVID-19.
The order takes effect immediately, and builds on an April directive requiring masks to be worn inside businesses. Gov. Tom Wolf called the expanded measure essential to stopping the recent increase in coronavirus cases reported in the state.
« Those hot spots can be traced to situations where Pennsylvanians were not wearing masks or practicing social distancing — two practices that must be adhered to if we want to maintain the freedoms we have in place under our reopening, » he said.
Pennsylvania is not the only state to make such an announcement in recent days.
On Monday, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced that a mandate requiring face coverings in indoor public spaces that previously applied only to certain counties would take effect statewide on Wednesday.
