Baltimore becomes latest US location requiring masks indoors

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BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore will become the latest U.S. city to return to indoor mask mandates as COVID-19 infection numbers rise.

Mayor Brandon Scott says reinstating indoor masking regulations will begin Monday morning, giving businesses and citizens a few days to adjust. The reinstatement of indoor mask rules is mandated for everyone, regardless of vaccination status.

The city’s health order comes as 325 coronavirus patients are being treated in Maryland hospitals — essentially triple the number a month ago.

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