Central Falls schools impose mask mandate as COVID infections rise

Central Falls college students will as soon as once more be sporting masks after they return to courses Monday. 

Central Falls Colleges Superintendent Stephanie Downey Toledo has reinstated a districtwide masks mandate, efficient Monday, “for the well being and security of our college students and group,” Toledo mentioned in an electronic mail Saturday.

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The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention this week urged residents and leaders in lots of areas of the USA to undertake or contemplate adopting stricter COVID-19 containment measures, together with mask-wearing in indoor public settings and elevated testing, as infections rise.

The company mentioned its steerage applies to areas with medium or excessive neighborhood unfold. 4 Rhode Island counties at the moment are listed as excessive: Windfall, Kent, Bristol and Washington. Newport County is listed as medium.