Camden County returns to optional mask policy as cases decrease

CAMDEN COUNTY, Ga. – After beginning the schoolhouse twelvemonth with a disguise mandate successful place, Camden County Schools volition marque the wearing of masks optional starting Wednesday, the schoolhouse territory announced.

“Removing the disguise request for our schools does not awesome that the combat against Covid is over. This deadly microorganism has taken a precise existent toll connected families successful our community. We proceed to connection our deepest sympathies to those who person been affected by oregon mislaid loved ones owed to Covid. I inquire you to instrumentality a infinitesimal to sojourn the Georgia Coastal Health District website astatine www.gachd.org to larn astir Covid preventative measures and the availability of escaped Covid immunizations successful our area,” Superintendent Dr. John Tucker said.

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The determination to region the disguise request was made with the input of the System Steering Committee and successful effect to the continuing downward inclination of the Camden Covid Community Transmission Index (CTI) and 7-day Rolling Average of Covid cases successful Camden, the schoolhouse territory said.

The territory said erstwhile the schoolhouse twelvemonth began connected Aug. 2, the CTI was 1,020 and the scale peaked connected Aug. 30 astatine 1,493, and has been steadily decreasing since precocious September to the existent CTI of 172.

While Camden County Schools volition nary longer necessitate masks, schools volition proceed to connection enhanced sanitizing and observe societal distancing whenever possible.

The territory volition besides proceed to spouse with the Georgia Coastal Health District, Southeast Georgia Health System, and Camden Emergency Management to show the interaction of COVID-19 connected the assemblage successful the upcoming months and could reinstate a disguise mandate if cases spike again.

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