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St. Louis County residents will not be required to wear masks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic for at least two more weeks, after a judge issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday against a mask mandate that was issued last month.
Circuit Judge Ellen “Nellie” Ribaudo sided with Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, who had sued to stop a mask mandate issued by St. Louis County Executive Sam Page and county health officials. She set a hearing on a preliminary injunction for Aug. 17.
Hours after the ruling, Schmitt filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a recently reinstated mask mandate in Kansas City. The rule took effect Monday and was scheduled to last until at least Aug. 28.
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – St. Louis County residents will not be required to wear masks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic for at least two more weeks, after a judge issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday against a mask mandate that was issued last month.Circuit Judge Ellen “Nellie” Ribaudo sided with Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, who had sued to stop a mask mandate issued by St. Louis County Executive Sam Page and county health officials. She set a hearing on a preliminary injunction for Aug. 17.
The St. Louis County Council voted last week to rescind the mandate but Page insisted the mask requirement remained in effect.
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The availability of hospital beds is running low as Delta variant cases climb.
Local hospitals are turning away transfer patients as they face a dwindling number of beds and staffing shortages.
Kansas City hospitals are filling up as COVID-19 cases continue to surge across the region.
Beds are full at the University of Kansas Health System, which has announced it will no longer accept transfer patients.
“I think we re at a tipping point, and if we don t take it seriously we could easily end up back where we were in November,” Dr. Steven Stites, KU s chief medical officer, said at the system’s daily
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