Masks required indoors in Maryland public schools: state board of education

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Staff and students in Maryland public schools will be required to wear masks this year, the state board of education voted on Thursday.

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The order comes amid soaring cases in the D.C. region and beyond, accelerated in part by the arrival of the Delta variant.

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Health officials say the vast majority of COVID-19 cases are occurring among the unvaccinated.

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Most school districts in the D.C. area already require masks indoors – but at least five do not.