Marion County health officials suggest masks for all after CDC recommendation

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Marion County Public Health Department connected Tuesday said it recommends residents deterioration masks successful indoor nationalist spaces, careless of their vaccination status.

The announcement came after a Tuesday proposal from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that some vaccinated and unvaccinated radical instrumentality to wearing masks indoors successful parts of the U.S. wherever the coronavirus is surging. The CDC besides recommended indoor masks for each teachers, staff, students and visitors to schools, careless of vaccination status.

Marion County wellness officials said they proceed to impulse radical 12 and older to get a COVID-19 vaccine astatine immoderate adjacent vaccine clinic.

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They besides suggested that vaccinated radical see immoderate questions erstwhile deciding whether to deterioration a disguise again, including: whether they are oregon they unrecorded with radical who are astatine precocious hazard of complications from COVID-19, whether the county’s lawsuit complaint is astatine what the CDC deems the orangish oregon reddish level and whether determination are perchance unvaccinated radical among them.

According to the CDC’s website, Marion County was astatine the orangish level, oregon “substantial level of assemblage transmission,” for the week from July 19-25.

The county’s disguise mandate was lifted on June 8 for radical who are afloat vaccinated. Businesses tin inactive necessitate masks astatine their establishments.

Statement from the Marion County Public Health Department:

Consistent with the latest guidance from the CDC, the Marion County Public Health Department recommends that each Marion County residents deterioration masks successful indoor nationalist spaces, careless of vaccination status. This is particularly important for those who are, oregon who unrecorded with idiosyncratic who is, astatine higher hazard for complications from COVID-19. Information connected those who are astatine higher hazard tin beryllium found here.

Vaccination remains our astir almighty instrumentality against COVID-19, and masks supply an other furniture of protection. The Health Department continues to impulse each eligible residents ages 12 and up to walk-in to a adjacent COVID-19 vaccine session and get vaccinated today. COVID-19 vaccines are highly effectual astatine preventing terrible unwellness and hospitalization and lessen the hazard of decease from COVID by astir 100-fold. In fact, from January done mid-July, lone astir 1.5% of those hospitalized with COVID successful Marion County were afloat vaccinated.

COVID-19 vaccines thatch our immune systems however to admit and combat the microorganism that causes COVID-19. Millions of radical successful the United States person safely received COVID-19 vaccines, and these vaccines person undergone the astir intensive information monitoring successful U.S. history. Click present for often asked questions astir the COVID-19 vaccines.

Vaccinated individuals should see the pursuing erstwhile deciding whether to enactment connected a mask. If the reply to astatine slightest 3 of these questions is yes, the Health Department recommends disguise usage:

Are determination perchance unvaccinated radical successful this space?

Is this an indoor space?

Am I (or those who I unrecorded with) astatine higher hazard for complications from COVID-19?

Is the existent lawsuit complaint successful Marion County astatine an Orange oregon Red level according to the CDC? (Find this information here.)

Marion County residents tin find their nearest COVID-19 vaccine session by visiting ourshot.in.gov.