Massachusetts relaxes outdoor mask mandate as pandemic eases
April 30, 2021
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BOSTON (AP) Massachusetts residents who are able to socially distance from others no longer have to wear a mask outdoors.
Gov. Charlie Baker earlier this week announced that the state was relaxing the outdoor mask mandate as of Friday as the numbers of hospitalizations and cases of COVID-19 continue to decline in the state and the number of people who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus continues to climb.
Masks will only be required outside in public when it’s not possible to maintain a distance of approximately 6 feet (2 meters) from others or when required for other reasons, including at outdoor events.
State Offers $70 Million In Grants to Fund Summer Schools, Tutoring And Math Programs
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker provides an update on coronavirus in the state during a press conference at the State House in Boston, Massachusetts.
Nicolaus Czarnecki / Pool via the Boston Herald
It will be a summer full of acceleration academies, tutoring, math instruction, and community college coursework for Massachusetts students under a $70 million grant plan rolled out by state officials Friday.
The state grants to schools are an effort to address student learning loss brought on by the pandemic. In some cities and towns, schools are reopening after having been closed for a year or more to in-person learning and many of their families have struggled with the deaths of loved ones or the loss of regular employment. Gov. Charlie Baker acknowledged those difficulties and how they affected communites unevenly at a press conference in Canton on Friday.