Oregon extends COVID workplace mask rule indefinitely
The Oregon National Guard’s Ashley Smallwood, of Springfield, Oregon, counts out boxes of face masks to be given to Willamette Valley farmers while participating in a distribution event at the Oregon State University Extension Service-Linn County office in Tangent, Oregon, in 2020. On Tuesday, Oregon indefinitely extended its coronavirus mask and social distancing requirements in all businesses in the state. (Mark Ylen/Albany Democrat-Herald via AP, file)
By SARA CLINE
Associated Press/Report for America
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Oregon adopted a controversial rule on Tuesday that indefinitely extends coronavirus mask and social distancing requirements for all businesses in the state.