Jeff Buckner, Salt Lake County facilities maintenance supervisor, puts up new signs in the Salt Lake County Government Center in Salt Lake City reflecting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated guidance on masks on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. The CDC now recommends masks for all individuals, regardless of vaccination status, inside public places.
Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
With Utah’s surge in COVID-19 cases sparked by the highly contagious delta variant not expected to slow until this fall, public health officials are calling on Utahns to mask up in addition to making sure they are fully vaccinated against the deadly virus.