More hospitals have opted to reimpose mask mandates in recent days.
Some hospitals and local governments have opted to reimpose mask mandates at health care facilities as officials have cited a rise in various respiratory illnesses such as the flu and COVID-19.
The mandates have been imposed in the past week or so in New York, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Washington state, and more.
Pennsylvania
Over the past weekend, four hospital systems
implemented masking requirements in and around the Philadelphia area. Visitors and staff at Cooper University Health Care facilities have to wear face coverings in examination rooms and patient rooms starting Jan. 5.
