Dane County will allow its COVID-19 face mask order to expire at the end of this month.
Beginning March 1, Public Health Madison & Dane County will no longer require face masks in public indoor spaces “in light of steadily decreasing COVID-19 case rates and hospitalizations,” a release today said.
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