By July 1, 2020
About an hour after downplaying the need for another statewide shutdown over COVID-19, the Wolf administration ordered all Pennsylvanians to wear a mask anytime they leave their homes.
The order, which applies to all public spaces, comes on the eve of Independence Day weekend approaches, and amid a recent uptick in cases.
“This mask-wearing order is essential to stopping the recent increase in COVID-19 cases we have seen in Pennsylvania,” Gov. Tom Wolf said in a statement Wednesday.
He linked coronavirus hot spots to “situations where Pennsylvanians were not wearing masks or practicing social distancing.”
The masking order was signed by Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine Wednesday afternoon. A bandana or other makeshift mask agrees with the order.
Wolf announced the new order via press release at 3 p.m.. He had been fielding questions about the virus at a 1:30 p.m. press conference earlier. At that presser, Wolf had said the state was doing “really well” in addressing the disease.
Wolf said he’d defer decisions about whether to re-close businesses or implement other social distancing measures to local governments.
Read more at https://www.penncapital-star.com/covid-19/wolf-administration-orders-mandatory-masks-for-public-spaces.
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