(The Daily Citizen) In many states, requirements that students, customers, patrons, and employees wear facemasks in hope of stopping the spread of COVID-19 are a thing of the past. But not so in California, which will require all students to wear facemasks in K-12 schools for the next school year.
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) published a guidance on July 12 laying out the areas that the state is focusing on to get students back to “safe and full in-person instruction” next school year. These include vaccinations for all eligible individuals, targeted quarantine, and expansive COVID-19 testing and universal masking in schools.
“K-12 students are required to mask indoors,” the guidance from CDPH states. Limited exceptions will be made for medical reasons. “Adults in K-12 school settings are required to mask when sharing indoor spaces with students,” it also notes.
The CDPH states that the guidance “applies CDC’s recommendations to the California context.”