Mayor rescinds masking order, cites declining hospitalizations, decreasing positive COVID cases

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Mayor rescinds masking order, cites declining hospitalizations, decreasing positive COVID cases

By AFRO Staff As of Mar.1, 2022, Baltimoreans will no longer have to mask indoors as a safety precaution against the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 infection. Baltimore City Mayor Brandon M. Scott lifted the City’s indoor masking order, which had been in effect since instituted on August 10, 2021. The order was be rescinded due […]

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