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Across Utah, the number of adults fully immunized against the coronavirus is approaching 1 in 3, putting the state just above national averages. More than 70% of seniors statewide have been vaccinated.
But some rural counties are lagging far behind, according to state data obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune, with fewer than half of their seniors fully inoculated even though they have been eligible for weeks, and Utahns age 70 and up have been eligible since mid-January.
Health officials chalk up the disparities to both challenges in accessing vaccine and less interest.
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SALT LAKE CITY Utah s statewide mask mandate will expire at the end of Friday, but that doesn t necessarily mean it s time to completely ditch your masks.
There will still be several places in the state that do require masks.
HB294, which set the mask mandate end date on Saturday, also included language that continues mask usage for events of 50 or more people and schools. It also allows businesses the ability to require masks if they so choose.
Most of the extended requirements have the same exceptions as the statewide order. That means you can remove a mask if you have an approved medical exemption or if you are eating or drinking.
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Thursday April 8, 2021
Masks will still be required clothing in Grand County even as a statewide mask mandate ends this Saturday. The state is allowing local health departments and counties to set their own rules when it comes to masking, meaning Grand’s will stay in effect until June 15th. Plus, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is in Southeastern Utah this week to visit both Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments. Her visit comes amid pressure to reverse the Trump administration’s decision to shrink the boundaries of both monuments. And, our radio partners report on a new law enforcement unit to put renewed focus on resolving the cases of Native Americans who are missing or have been killed, forecasts for the Colorado River, and the rise of anti-Asian racism in our region.