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According to the governor's announcement, counties can ask for a variance to keep the mandate in place.

Morgan Hughes Wyoming will lift its mask mandate next week, Gov. Mark Gordon’s office announced Monday. The state will also allow bars, restaurants, theaters and gyms to resume normal operations on March 16 after nearly a year of working on precautions meant to limit COVID-19's spread.  “I thank the people of Wyoming for their commitment to keeping one another safe throughout this pandemic,” Gordon said in a statement. “It is through their efforts that we have kept our schools and businesses operating and our economy moving forward. I ask all Wyoming citizen...

Natrona County Health Officer calls Johnson & Johnson vaccine potential “game changer” David Graf © Provided by Cheyenne-Scottsbluff KGWN-TV Natrona County Health Officer and Infectious Diseases Specialist Dr. Mark Dowell explaining how the Johnson & Johnson vaccine could be a "game changer" in an interview on February 25, 2021. CASPER, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) - The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine could be coming soon after the FDA deemed it “safe.” It would provide a third vaccine on the market. During last week’s Casper-Natrona County Health Department board ...

By Ellen Fike, Cowboy State Daily Wyoming’s coronavirus-related hospitalizations have continued to decline since hitting a peak of more than 230 in late November, with only 84 people hospitalized as of Thursday. According to the Wyoming hospital tracker, this was a slight increase over the 81 patients hospitalized as of Wednesday, but still is a decline from the beginning of the week, when around 88 patients were hospitalized due to the virus. Natrona County Public Health Officer Dr. Mark Dowell credited the decrease in hospitalizations to the use of face masks and social distancing. “...

4:59 For almost a year, Susie Scott hasn't been able to volunteer or see her children without a mask for longer than five minutes. "That human touch is, I don't care who you are, everybody needs that," said Scott. Scott, a resident of Albany County, is over 70 and has an underlying health problem that puts her at high risk for serious illness if she were to contract COVID-19. Since December, when it was announced vaccines were going to be made available, she has eagerly been waiting for her turn. "We're obviously almost a month beyond the first of the year. And I've essentially had reached ou...