Local officials on Tuesday imposed mask requirements, quarantine rules and other measures at area schools to prevent the spread of COVID-19 shortly after a judge temporarily overturned Gov. Greg Abbott’s emergency order preventing such mandates.
At a hearing Tuesday afternoon, state District Judge Antonia “Toni” Arteaga issued a temporary restraining order blocking Abbott’s order, clearing the way for the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District to require students and employees in public and private schools to wear masks and to quarantines in cases where unvaccinated students were exposed to people found to have COVID-19.
The city and county asked for the ruling in a lawsuit against the governor filed that morning, citing a rise in coronavirus cases and a stall in vaccinations against it. The coronavirus delta variant has resulted in the fastest rise in hospitalizations throughout the state since the pandemic began last year, officials said.
Source: Judge allows San Antonio, Bexar County to issue mask mandate for schools, public buildings




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