Earlier this month, OHA announced that the general indoor mask requirement would be lifted by March 31, with the option of lifting it sooner if conditions improved enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally, OHA announced that the K-12 indoor mask rule would lift on March 31. Feedback from school districts around the state indicated that preparations for the transition could be completed earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By that date, it was expected, 400 or fewer people per day in Oregon would be hospitalized with the virus, a level the state experienced prior to the arrival of the Omicron variant. A recent modeling report by Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) predicted the state would reach that total around March 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Read more on: https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/ORDHS\/bulletins\/30c223b<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

February 24 – Oregon will lift mask requirements for indoor public places and Oregon\u2019s schools on March 19, Oregon Health Authority (OHA) announced today, as hospitalizations drop and are projected to reach levels below those at the start of the Omicron surge. Earlier this month, OHA announced that the general indoor mask requirement would be…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19","category-news","category-55","category-22","description-off"],"yoast_head":"\n