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Effective Thursday, October 28, Montgomery County no longer requires individuals to wear a mask or face coverings while in an indoor facility. This requirement was lifted as a result of the County’s improving community transmission rate of COVID-19.
Although the use of face coverings indoors is no longer required by the Board of Health, the following still applies:
- CDC and MSDE guidelines continue to strongly recommend the use of face coverings indoors as well as in crowded outdoor settings where physical distancing cannot be maintained and for unvaccinated individuals.
- Child Care program staff and children must follow any applicable federal, state, or local face-covering requirements (ex. while on public transportation or in a County Public School).
- Anyone with underlying conditions that may place them at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19 is strongly encouraged to wear face coverings indoors as well as in crowded outdoor settings where physical distancing cannot be maintained
Despite this change, child care programs can continue to require children and staff to wear a mask in their programs.
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