Springfield officials warn new CDC mask recommendations do not apply to health care settings

The public is reminded that mask requirements are still in place for entrance into health care facilities.

While the CDC relaxed recommendations for most indoor spaces on Monday, officials said changes do not apply to health care sites where many patients are weakened or immunocompromised.

Many arriving for care since the CDC update have been confused over mask requirements, according to a vice president at Springfield Memorial Hospital.

Patients come to the facility and experience confusion because the mandate dropped in other settings so there is an expectation that it would be the same in ours. The CDC requires the mask mandate to be something we continuously uphold because patients are sometimes ill and vulnerable.

The Illinois Supreme Court denied the governor's appeal.

Patients and visitors are still subject to screenings and masks are still given upon entrance into facilities. Health care employees in patient care and public areas of health facilities are still required to wear masks.

Seeing change in health care facilities is something that won't happen anytime soon, because mask recommendations have been relaxed for most spaces.

I am not sure if the mask mandate will leave the health care setting in the near future. I think we have to watch the rate of community spread and recognize that patients we're seeing in our spaces are vulnerable and it's our responsibility to do everything we can to protect them.

The department of public health reported 25 new cases on Friday. The total number of cases in the county is 54,302. There were 11 patients hospitalized Friday.

The article was originally published on the State Journal-Register.

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