Effective Tuesday, 5月31日, face masks will be required indoors at Penn Stater 海狸, Greater Allegheny, 新肯辛顿, Schuylkill and 大学公园 because they are located in counties with high COVID-19 Community Levels.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Face masks are now required to be worn indoors on five additional Penn State campuses, in accordance with public health guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that advises that masks be worn in counties with high COVID-19 Community Levels.
Effective Tuesday, 5月31日, face masks will be required indoors at Penn State 海狸, Greater Allegheny, 新肯辛顿, Schuylkill and 大学公园 because they are located in counties with high COVID-19 Community Levels. 大学 previously announced that masks are required at Penn State Abington, Behrend, 白兰地酒, 巨大的山谷, 黑泽尔顿, 利哈伊谷, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. 另外, 此时此刻, the College of Medicine continues to require masks indoors in alignment with Penn State Health to support patient care.
The CDC’s county-by-county COVID-19 Community Levels are “a new tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data.” Levels can be low (green), medium (yellow) or high (orange), and are based on the number of new COVID-19 cases in each county as well as new hospital admissions and hospital capacity.
- Green counties: CDC recommendations call for individuals to stay up-to-date on their vaccinations and to get tested if they have symptoms of COVID-19.
- Yellow counties: The recommendations advise those who are at high risk for severe illness to talk to their healthcare provider about their individual need to wear a face mask.
- Orange counties: CDC recommends all individuals wear a mask indoors.
Currently, 28 counties in 宾西法尼亚 are in orange status and 24 are in yellow.
The status of each county is updated on the CDC website on Thursdays. When a county home to a Penn State campus moves from yellow to orange or vice versa, the campus will communicate with students, faculty and staff when the change in masking policy will take effect.
