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With COVID-19 cases on the rise, Upstate University Hospital and Upstate Community Hospital are reinstating a mask mandate. The hospital policies will also require universal COVID testing for all patients admitted to the hospital.
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School districts across New York state, including many of the largest, made mask wearing optional for students and staff beginning Wednesday as a statewide mandate came to an end.
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On Wednesday, many kids in central New York will be heading to class without a mask for the first time this school year, but the debate continues over whether the move is coming too soon.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Sunday that the statewide masking requirement in schools will be lifted by March 2.
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A Siena College poll finds that the majority of New Yorkers support Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to continue the COVID-19 pandemic-related mask mandate for schoolchildren until early March.
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Onondaga County is pushing back on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to wait until early March to determine whether to drop a mask mandate in schools.
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A state health department board said Thursday that kids in schools will continue to be required to wear masks to help protect them against COVID-19 until at least early March.
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Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon said Wednesday the seemingly random decisions about mask mandates shows one area government has fallen short in the pandemic.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday that the statewide mask mandate, adopted to help combat COVID-19, will end Thursday. But a mandate for masks in schools will continue until at least early March.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to announce a decision on the state's mask mandate for indoor public places.