Here’s Where COVID Mask Mandates Are Coming Back Across the US

Some hospitals and local governments have opted to reimpose mask mandates at healthcare facilities as officials have cited a rise in various respiratory illnesses such as influenza and COVID-19. The mandates have been imposed in the past week or so in New York, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Washington state, and more. Pennsylvania Over the past weekend, four hospital systems implemented masking requirements in and around the Philadelphia area. Visitors and staff at Cooper University Health Care facilities have to wear the face coverings in examination rooms and patient rooms starting Jan. 5. On Jan. 6, Jefferson Health said that it would temporarily require all staff members in certain locations to wear mask until Jan. 29, while the University of Pennsylvania Health System has said it will require masks during all patient care and patient-facing procedures....