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Louis: St.
Area Louis has become one of the first in the United States to restore mask requirements amid increasing cases that health officials blame low levels of vaccination and highly contagious Delta variants.
Although the pushback of several selected officials, the face cover became a mandatory Monday in public places and public transportation in St.
Louis City and St.
Louis County for everyone is five years old or more – even for those who are vaccinated.
Wearing an outdoor mask is highly recommended, especially in group settings.
“For those who are vaccinated this might feel like a punishment, punishment to do the right thing,” St.
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Louis County Executive Sam, a Democrat, said at a press conference on Monday.
“I’ve heard that and I feel frustrated it.
While vaccination can protect against serious illness, it cannot protect you from infected with Covid-19 and forward it to others, someone who might be more vulnerable.” The decision came because the two urban areas of Missouri saw a large uptick in the coronavirus hospitalization which began in rural countryside, especially in Missouri Barat Daya.
Missouri ranked fourth nationally in the most recent cases per capita in the last 14 days, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University Center for science and engineering to measure Kaseladoad and death in the United States.