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Beshear: Masks optional for state employees beginning March 1

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — Governor Andy Beshear announced Monday afternoon masking will be optional for state employees beginning Tuesday, March 1.

This guidance comes with exceptions for settings like nursing homes and veterans' homes.

</iframe As mask guidance changes for various companies and businesses to mask optional the governor shares a sentiment of mutual respect. "So I ask everybody, as you get new guidance, support one another. Negative social pressure can be really hard, and it might push people to take off a mask when they need to be wearing one. And if you're somebody that's been fired up about your freedom not to wear a mask, it's certainly someone's freedom to wear a mask." As of Monday, Kentucky reported 671 new cases of COVID-19. The state positivity rate now sits at 8.56%. Monday's death total is 34. Currently, 962 people are hospitalized, 203 in ICUs and 112 on ventilators. For a full daily COVID-19 briefing click <a href="https://chfs.ky.gov/agencies/dph/covid19/COVID19DailyReport.pdf" link-data="{&quot;cms.site.owner&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000169-73ab-d7a7-a569-73abd5250000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20&quot;},&quot;cms.content.publishDate&quot;:1646085422939,&quot;cms.content.publishUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000179-573d-d9a6-a579-d7bf89600000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.content.updateDate&quot;:1646085422939,&quot;cms.content.updateUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000179-573d-d9a6-a579-d7bf89600000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;link&quot;:{&quot;attributes&quot;:[],&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://chfs.ky.gov/agencies/dph/covid19/COVID19DailyReport.pdf&quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000017f-4256-dd16-a9ff-6efe303d0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a&quot;},&quot;linkText&quot;:&quot;here&quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000017f-4256-dd16-a9ff-6efe30200000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288&quot;}">here</a>.

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