The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated mask guidance on public transportation at the end of February, saying students are no longer required to wear masks on school buses. New Hampshire students were on vacation week last week, so the change hasn’t applied to them yet. Many districts dropped the mask requirement in classrooms in mid-February after Gov. Chris Sununu lifted the recommendation. On Monday, students and districts can opt to do the same on buses.“I think it makes sense. I think we are at that point where we seem to be transitioning into a different phase of the pandemic. Of course, we need to continue following the data,” said Dr. Steven Chapman, pediatrician at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. “And should things change, the recommendations should change as well.”According to the New Hampshire Hospital Association’s latest set of data from Friday, there are 71 people hospitalized with COVID-19 state-wide, which is the lowest number since August of last year.
MANCHESTER, N.H. —
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated mask guidance on public transportation at the end of February, saying students are no longer required to wear masks on school buses.
New Hampshire students were on vacation week last week, so the change hasn’t applied to them yet.
Many districts dropped the mask requirement in classrooms in mid-February after Gov. Chris Sununu lifted the recommendation.
On Monday, students and districts can opt to do the same on buses.
“I think it makes sense. I think we are at that point where we seem to be transitioning into a different phase of the pandemic. Of course, we need to continue following the data,” said Dr. Steven Chapman, pediatrician at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. “And should things change, the recommendations should change as well.”
According to the New Hampshire Hospital Association’s latest set of data from Friday, there are 71 people hospitalized with COVID-19 state-wide, which is the lowest number since August of last year.
