California Gov. Gavin Newsom issues order requiring face coverings statewide for most indoor places

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• California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday issued a statewide order requiring the use of face coverings.
• The order comes after public health officials in Orange County rescinded an order requiring the wearing of masks in the face of vocal criticism. It is now experiencing its highest rate of COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began.
• Under Newsom's order, face coverings are required indoors and wherever physical distancing is impossible.
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California is imposing a statewide requirement that masks be worn in public, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday, overriding pockets of resistance at the county level. The move comes as new research shows that face coverings dramatically reduce the spread of COVID-19.

"Simply put, we are seeing too many people with faces uncovered — putting at risk the real progress that we have made in fighting the disease," Newsom said in a statement, as the Los Angeles Times reported. 

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