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Ohio State requiring masks indoors for everyone on campus

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Everyone who enters Ohio State buildings, including medical facilities, must wear a mask indoors.

The new rule made public Monday follows updated guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that people who are fully vaccinated should resume wearing masks indoors if they live in areas where the virus is surging.

The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Ohio has risen over the past two weeks from 468 new cases per day on July 18 to almost 1,200 new cases per day on Aug. 1, according to data collected by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering.

Ohio hospitals should independently adopt policies requiring coronavirus vaccinations for employees and staff, with local conditions determining whether and how such mandates are implemented, according to a recommendation by the Ohio Hospital Association trustee board.

“Hospital employee and staff vaccination against COVID-19 will help ensure the long-term ability of our health care system to respond to the pandemic and the continuation of vital health care services,” OHA president Mike Abrams said in a Tuesday statement.

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