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Wyoming to lift mask mandate, restrictions on restaurants, bars, gyms on March 16

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Governor asks Wyomingites to "take personal responsibility for their actions and stay diligent"(Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)Mead Gruver/APA vial of vaccine diluent, left, is sits on a table next to a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as Cheyenne-Laramie County Health Department nurse Valencia Bautista, left, prepares to administer Wyoming's first shot of COVID-19 vaccine to Terry Thayn, who is also a nurse for the department, on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)11:57 AM, Mar 08, 2021DENVER – Colorado’s neighbors to the north in Wyoming are the latest to say they will lift their mask mandate and allow bars, restaurants, gyms and theaters to return to normal operations in coming weeks.The move will happen on March 16, , who announced the lifting of the restrictions Monday. The move came after Texas and Mississippi announced they would be last week, which "We have been very clear that now is not the time to release full restrictions," said CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky last week. “Every individual is empowered to do the right thing here, regardless of what the states decide — for personal health, for public health, for the loved ones in their communities."Wyoming over the course of the pandemic and 682 deaths, but the state’s dashboard shows cases have been steadily declining since mid-January.Wyoming is estimated as having a population of just under 600,000 people, and as of last week, was averaging about 50 new cases per week, according to the Wyoming Department of Health.“I thank the people of Wyoming for their commitment to keeping one another safe throughout this pandemic,” Gov.Gordon said in a statement Monday. “It is through their efforts that we have kept our schools and businesses operating and our economy moving forward. I ask all Wyoming citizens to continue to take personal responsibility for their actions and stay diligent as we look ahead to the warmer months and to the safe resumption of our traditional spring and summer activities.”As of Monday, the state more than 100,000 first doses of the vaccine – amounting to about 19% of the eligible population, the governor’s office said – and nearly 60,000 second doses. Wyoming will soon be entering the next phase of its vaccine rollout, which includes workers at restaurants, bars, gyms and theater workers.But Carbon and Sweetwater counties – which sit just north of the Colorado border – still have the state’s The U.S. Centers for Disease Control Monday on what vaccinated people will be allowed to do, including gathering indoors without masks, though some restrictions remain recommended.Gordon said Wyomingites will still be required to wear masks inside K-12 schools to be sure in-person learning can continue. And he encouraged people to wear face coverings indoors and to “follow the best practices adopted by any business they visit to slow the spread of the virus,” the governor’s office said in a news release.The state is expected to release the modified health orders later this week.Meanwhile, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis for another 30 days last week. More than 1.6 million Coloradans have received either their first or second dose of the vaccine, and the state’s seven-day overage positivity rate was 3.33% on Saturday. All of the state’s counties except for Grand are currently either response phase, which many of the more populous counties also having five-star variances in place that allow for loosened restrictions on businesses like restaurants, bars and gyms.Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Governor asks Wyomingites to "take personal responsibility for their actions and stay diligent"(Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)Mead Gruver/APA vial of vaccine diluent, left, is sits on a table next to a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as Cheyenne-Laramie County Health Department nurse Valencia Bautista, left, prepares to administer Wyoming's first shot of COVID-19 vaccine to Terry Thayn, who is also a nurse for the department, on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP...

Wyoming to lift mask mandate, restrictions on restaurants, bars, gyms on March 16

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