Push for face mask requirement

Push for face mask requirement

THIS MORNING━ THE BALTIMORECITY COUNCIL IS CALLING FORTHE MAYOR TO ISSUE ANEXECUTIVE ORDER MANDATINGEVERYONE IN THE CITY WEAR AMASK OR AT LEAST SOME SORT OFFACIAL COVERING.

WMA━2 NEWSERIN MACPHERSON JOINS US LIVEFROM CITY HALL WITH TDETAILS.

ERIN?CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLYPASSED THE RESOLUTION LASTNIGHT━ COUNCIL PRESIDENTBRANDON SCOTT STATING ANORDINANCE WILL SIMPLY TAKE TLONG.

HE SAYS IF THEYINTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE NOW━TELLING EVERYONE TO WEAR MASKSIN THE CITY━ IT MAY TAKEWEEKS TO GET IT ACCOMPLISHED━ESPECIALLY DURING A PANDEMIC━ WHEN THE MAYOR HAS THEPOWER TO MANDATE THIS.

SCOTTSAYS THIS IS ALL ABOUT SAFETYAND PROTECTING THE PEOPLE OFBALTIMORE━ AND IT'SSOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONENOW.“We know more about COVIDnow and we have to take everyaction that we can to makesure we are slowing down thespread of COVID” THIS PUSHCOMES AFTER THE CDCRECOMMENDED ALL AMERICANS WEARSOME SORT OF FACE MASK TO HELPLIMIT THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS━ SINCE THEY KNOW PEOPLE WHOAREN'T SHOWING SYMPTOMS CANTRANSMIT THE CORONAVIRUS.WASHINGTON ━C MANDATED THISLAST WEEK, MONTGOMERY COUNTYSTARTED YESTERDAY AND PGCOUNTY STARTS TOMORROW.

THEMAYORS OFFICE SAYS THEY'REREVIEWING WHAT THESE OTHEAREAS ARE DOING AND ARECONSIDERING ALL OPTIONS.

LIVEIN BALTIMORE━ ERIN MACPHERSOWMAR2