More U.S. states are issuing face-mask mandates as coronavirus cases rise, but Georgia’s governor barred such measures from being imposed at the local level
ATLANTA - Colorado and Arkansas on Thursday joined a growing list of U.S. states requiring face coverings in public to combat a surge in coronavirus infections, after Georgia’s governor moved the other way and barred such measures from being imposed at the local level.
With announcements from Colorado Governor Jared Polis, a Democrat, and Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, a majority of states - 26 out of 50 - have now sided with health experts urging that face masks be mandatory, rather than a matter of personal choice. “This lawsuit is on behalf of the Atlanta business owners and their hardworking employees who are struggling to survive during these difficult times,” Kemp said in a statement. “I refuse to sit back and watch as disastrous policies threaten the lives and livelihoods of our citizens.”
But Pat Walker, 54, who was also wearing a mask, said the governor was just encouraging people to do the right thing.Mounting evidence of a worsening pandemic sparked a reckoning that has cut across partisan lines on a heavily politicized issue. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, also a Republican, widened his directive to include more circumstances where face masks are obligatory.As of late Thursday, the novel coronavirus was known to have infected nearly 3.6 million Americans and killed more than 138,000.
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