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Mayor Allen Joines said he made his decision after consulting with Forsyth County health director Joshua Swift and Dr. Christopher Ohl, an infectious diseases expert at Atrium Health Wake Forest
Winston-Salem city officials are making plans to drop its COVID-19 citywide mask mandate in the coming weeks.
The mask mandate has been in place since the start of the school year.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper made a call Thursday afternoon to urge municipalities and schools to end their mask mandates across the state as cases decrease.
Guilford County leaders are meeting Thursday evening to consider dropping their countywide mask mandate as North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is urging all municipalities, as well as schools, across the state to rescind the requirements.