SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah — Private schools and charter schools are not exempt from the mask order for K-6 students issued by the Salt Lake County health department Wednesday.
Dr. Angela Dunn filed the order based on the rapid spread of the highly contagious delta variant of COVID-19.
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"It is in the best public health interest and the interest of our students for them to be in masks in the fall to keep them in in-person learning with the least disruption possible, and then least health concerns possible," said Dunn Tuesday.
The Salt Lake County Council is scheduled to vote Thursday at 2 p.m. on whether to veto the order or allow it to stand.
Read the entire health order below:
