Most Michigan county health departments rescinding school mask requirements
As the omicron wave of COVID-19 appears to be subsiding, county health officials across the state are rescinding school mask mandates. On Friday, Oakland County, the Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department in northern Michigan and the Health Department of Northwest Michigan, which covers Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet and Otsego counties, announced they would lift requirements masks are worn in school settings. The Washtenaw County Health Department also announced Friday it would eliminate its COVID-19 school masks, isolation and quarantine requirements, effective Feb. 28. RELATED: See which Michigan public school districts currently mandate masksThe northwest Michigan health department cited falling per-capita case counts, hospitalization rates that did not rise as quickly as infection rates and child vaccine availability. “Parents have had ample opportunity to get their eligible school-age children vaccinated,” states a health department news release.
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