Anne Arundel County Schools To Require Face Masks For All Students
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) -- All Anne Arundel County schools should implement universal masking requirements when they reopen this fall, the Anne Arundel County Health Department advised Wednesday.
The advice is in line with the latest U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance. It was given in light of the virulent Delta variant of COVID-19, which can be spread even by vaccinated individuals. Children 11 and younger are not yet eligible to be vaccinated.
Schools are also being asked to implement testing and other prevention strategies. Everyone who is able to get vaccinated is being urged to do so.
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