Masks are now required at Cerro Gordo County facilities. | Pixabay
Masks are now required at Cerro Gordo County facilities. | Pixabay
Cerro Gordo County recently mandated that individuals must wear face masks in county buildings to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
“The public has to have it on as soon as they walk in the door and until they leave,” Tom Meyer, director of administrative services for Cerro Gordo County, told KIMT News 3. “All employees then will have to wear them outside their designated work areas.”
The mask mandate was enacted following the rising number of cases of the coronavirus in the county and the State of Iowa.
“We're not trying to put regulations in place that prohibit them from doing business here, but it really is a safety issue and that's how we look at it,” Meyer told KIMT.
The rule to wear masks will be in effect until further notice.
“I guess when it starts to level off or the rates are decreasing day to day from 10 a day to 12 a day, down to maybe one or two, we'll have that discussion,” Meyer told KIMT.
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