Mask Mandate Update 2-10-2022

Rescind Mask Mandate

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2/10/2022

With COVID-19 case counts and the Omicron wave coming down, the West Boylston Board of Health voted to rescind the Emergency Regulation requiring face coverings in all indoor private common spaces in the workplace and indoor private spaces open to the public, effective Friday, February 18, 2022.

The Board of Health recommends continuation of masking if you have a weakened immune system; if you are at increased risk for severe disease because of your age or an underlying medical condition; or if someone in your household has a weakened immune system, is at increased risk for severe disease, or is unvaccinated.

Anyone else who wishes to continue to wear a mask is encouraged to do so.  Any establishment that wishes to enact its own mask mandate is free to do so.

Please also note that federal and state regulations still require masks in certain situations. For example, masks will continue to be required on WRTA buses and all means of public transportation and ride shares as per the CDC.  The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will make any recommendation regarding mask mandates in schools.

Public health experts expect COVID-19 cases to continue to decline over the next couple of weeks, but officials could reconsider any of the plans that follow in the event of a major change in the pandemic in the wrong direction. Until these changes go into effect, please remain vigilant in following the usual precautions so that we can sustain our recent positive trends.