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Covid-19: Purchase College Makes Indoor Mask-Wearing Mandatory

A college in the region is making mask-wearing indoors mandatory amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases in the community.

Counties shown in orange are where the CDC advises wearing masks indoors. Yellow counties are places in which those at high risk for severe disease should be cautious, and in green counties, indoor masking is not necessary.

Counties shown in orange are where the CDC advises wearing masks indoors. Yellow counties are places in which those at high risk for severe disease should be cautious, and in green counties, indoor masking is not necessary.

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Purchase College said in a statement that "We are currently in an area of high transmission. Masks are mandatory indoors."

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is saying masks should now be worn indoors in nine New York counties, including Westchester, in its latest COVID-19 data tracker report. (Counties shown in orange in the the first image above.)

"Orange" level counties are where the CDC advises wearing masks indoors.

Counties shown in yellow are places in which those at high risk for severe disease should be cautious.

In green counties, indoor masking is not necessary.

Those nine counties where indoor mask-wearing is currently recommended are:

  • Westchester County
  • Rockland County
  • Nassau County
  • Suffolk County
  • Bronx County
  • Kings County (Brooklyn)
  • Queens County
  • Tioga County
  • Broome County

Earlier report - COVID-19: CDC Now Recommends Indoor Mask-Wearing In These 9 NY Counties

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