Indiana's mask mandate

"news 10 at 6-o'clock".

Now..

We head back home to talk more about "indiana's mask mandate".

It went into effect "today".

News 10's "bri shackelford"..

Joins us now..

To go over exactly "what this mandate means".

"bri".... ////// ////// covid-19 cases are rising rapidly all over the country in order to fight the spread of covid-19 governor eric holcomb announced a state-wide mask mandate.

Starting today..people ages 8 and older are required to wear a mask.

Until august 26th face masks will be mandatory to wear...but that could change if cases continue to rise.

You have to wear a mask in all indoor public spaces and on any form of public transportatio n.

If you are outdoors and cannot socially distance then you will be required to wear a mask as well.

The only exceptions come from restaurants, gyms, and bars.

I spoke with the vigo county health department today on why this mandate is so important.

///////// /////// "if our cases continue to rise and we don't get a handle on this, that we could go back in phases which nobody wants.

We want to continue to be able to move about, go to restaurants, support small businesses, so the least you can do is wear a mask to protect the small businesses."

/////// for more information on the mandate you can go to w-t-h-i tv dot com.

And coming up for you tonight at "6"..

I'll share wit you what one small business is doing with this new mandate.

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