USI Masking Up Indoors

Evansville IN

28 July, 2021

5:53 PM

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By Steve Burger, WNIN July 28, 2021 With new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control released Tuesday, masks will be again be mandatory indoors at the University of Southern Indiana. Starting Wednesday, students and staff at USI will be required to wear masks indoors on campus, regardless of vaccination status, and maintain at least three feet of separation until further notice. In a release, university officials say the decision was made following the latest recommendations from the CDC. The guidance is for areas of the country with high coronavirus transmission numbers. Vanderburgh County and most surrounding counties throughout the Tri-state area are now in the high transmission status level according to the CDC data tracker. USI officials say they have consistently followed CDC guidelines throughout the pandemic. They encouraged all students and staff to get vaccinated as soon as possible. One new fatality and nearly 50 more COVID-19 infections are reported in Vanderburgh County. COVID-19 infections have surged in western Kentucky, while cases and the positivity rate continue to rise in Vanderburgh County. The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation says masks are recommended but not required for the upcoming school year – at least for now. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.