Oregon Extends COVID Workplace Mask Rule Indefinitely

An Oregon National Guard member counts out boxes of face masks while participating in a distribution event at the Oregon State University Extension Service-Linn County office in Tangent, Ore., on May 27, 2020. Mark Ylen/Albany Democrat-Herald via AP

PORTLAND, Ore.—Oregon adopted a controversial rule on Tuesday that indefinitely extends coronavirus mask and social distancing requirements for all businesses in the state.

State officials say the rule, which garnered thousands of public comments, will be in place until it is “no longer necessary to address the effects of the pandemic in the workplace.”