08/05/2021

Cuyahoga County Health Officials Recommend Everyone Wear Masks Indoors

County employees and the public will be required to wear masks starting tomorrow

Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish and members of the Cuyahoga County Board of Health is holding a virtual briefing today to talk about the COVID-19 pandemic.

CCBH is now recommending that masks be worn by everyone in the county while indoors, regardless of vaccination status. 

"Based on recent CDC research showing that vaccinated individuals can spread the disease if they become infected, the Cuyahoga County Board of Health is providing notice that it supports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) guidance recommending the use of face masks while indoors and near others, regardless of vaccination status, in areas of substantial or high transmission, which now include Cuyahoga County. This guidance applies to all individuals 2 years of age and older," CCBH wrote in a release prior to the briefing.

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