LAPORTE â LaPorte County Health Officer Dr. Sandra Deausy extended the county s mask mandate through April 30 in a ruling issued Thursday.
Deausy said she will review the order later this month. She said in her order she issued the ruling after consulting with the county commissioners and the mayors of LaPorte and Michigan City.
The order continues the public requirement to wear masks indoors and outdoors when physical distancing of six feet cannot be maintained.
The order also suggests a continued push for other safety measures to lessen chances of coronavirus exposure, including washing of hands and staying home if people have ill symptoms.
LAPORTE â LaPorte County Health Officer Dr. Sandra Deausy extended the county s mask mandate through April 30 in a ruling issued Thursday.
Deausy said she will review the order later this month. She said in her order she issued the ruling after consulting with the county commissioners and the mayors of LaPorte and Michigan City.
The order continues the public requirement to wear masks indoors and outdoors when physical distancing of six feet cannot be maintained.
The order also suggests a continued push for other safety measures to lessen chances of coronavirus exposure, including washing of hands and staying home if people have ill symptoms.
âIâll see you in heaven.â
It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life.
Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday.
Alâs daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she contracted while caring for her sick parents, when the virus forced Alâs hospitalization.
Noe, 66, is no stranger to helping elderly shut-ins weather isolation.
Effective immediately, LaPorte County restaurants and bars no longer are required to close at midnight, and self-serve buffets, salad bars, karaoke and open mic programs are again permitted.