Oregonians will need to wear masks in all indoor public spaces starting Friday, including restaurants and bars. In a press conference Wednesday, Gov. Kate Brown announced that the state will reintroduce its mask mandate starting August 13, keeping it in place for the foreseeable future.
In a Tuesday press release, Brown teased that the state’s COVID-19-related mask mandate would return, as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to rise across the state related to the highly contagious delta variant. Recent projections from Oregon Health & Sciences University suggest Oregon will surpass its hospital bed capacity by September, and the state broke its all-time record for both COVID-19 cases
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