St. Louis County rescinds mask mandate

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — Weeks after a Missouri judge barred public mask mandates issued by local health departments, St. Louis County on Thursday rescinded the mandate for Missouri’s largest county.

The county’s decision was announced Thursday during a court hearing in a lawsuit filed by Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt. The lawsuit filed in July was in response to a previous mask mandate aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19.

“We expect more local public health authorities and school districts to follow suit in the coming days and weeks,” Schmitt said in a news release.

The St. Louis County mandate required face coverings in indoor public settings and on public transit, even for those who have been vaccinated.

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