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Hochul declares March 2 end to statewide school mask mandate

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The new rules effective Wednesday apply to children 2 years and older in childcare facilities. New York State has 2.7 million schoolchildren, including about 1 million in New York City. The broad mask mandate was implemented during a COVID-19 surge fueled by the omicron variant in December.

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Bangor Daily News

Massachusetts' statewide school mask mandate comes to an end

BOSTON — Many Massachusetts school children who returned to the classroom Monday after a weeklong vacation were no longer required to wear face coverings indoors.Gov. Charlie Baker and Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley announced early in February that they were lifting the statewide indoor mask mandate effective Monday and would instead leave masking requirements up to individual school districts.Some districts, including in the state’s large…

3 years ago·Bangor, United States

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Press-Republican

New York to lift statewide school mask mandate by March 2

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Sunday that the statewide masking requirement in schools will be lifted by March 2.

3 years ago

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The Korea Times

New York to lift statewide school mask mandate by March 2

New York's statewide masking requirement in schools will be lifted March 2, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Sunday, citing a dramatic drop in COVID-19 infections and new federal guidelines.

3 years ago·Korea, Republic of

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WCVB

Statewide mask mandate in most Massachusetts schools comes to an end

State education officials have allowed their statewide mask mandate for schools to expire, but some communities — including Boston — are keeping it in place.

3 years ago·Boston, United States

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Hot Air

New York Governor to relent and end school mask mandates this week

Too little, too late

3 years ago·Arlington, United States

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WWLP

Statewide school mask mandate ends Monday

WESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - The statewide COVID-19 mask requirement for K-12 schools is over as of Monday, but not every district is letting their students take off their masks just yet.Each individual district now is able to decide whether to continue their own mask mandate, or whether to end the requirement. Westfield is one of the local school districts where the School Committee had voted to make mask wearing voluntary, including for all extra…

3 years ago·Springfield, United States

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