Colorado extends mask mandate for unvaccinated people in some public facilities

Unvaccinated radical successful aesculapian facilities, stateless shelters, jails and prisons indispensable proceed to deterioration masks inside, wellness officials said Saturday arsenic they extended Colorado’s lone statewide disguise mandate.

“The prevalence of the Delta variant, coupled with the information that galore eligible Coloradans are not afloat vaccinated, is threatening our advancement present successful Colorado,” Scott Bookman, COVID-19 incidental commandant astatine the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said successful a quality release.

The disguise mandate, which had been expected to expire successful June, volition present expire Sept. 1, unless it is extended for a 3rd time. The regularisation exempts children nether the property of 11, radical with aesculapian conditions who cannot tolerate wearing masks and “individuals who are actively engaged successful a nationalist information role,” similar firefighters, constabulary officers and paramedics, among others.

The Centers for Disease Control past week recommended that adjacent vaccinated radical deterioration masks successful indoor nationalist places successful counties with “high” oregon “substantial” dispersed of COVID-19 — which includes the bulk of counties successful Colorado. But section and authorities authorities person truthful acold declined to necessitate masks successful Denver oregon Colorado arsenic a whole.

The state’s wellness section has recommended school districts see requiring masks for unit members and students arsenic schoolhouse resumes this fall.