The governor pointed to more than 3 million people having been infected with this deadly virus in the U.S and how hotspots like Arizona, Texas and Florida have seen sharp spikes in cases. The new executive order is in addition to current Healthy at Work and Healthy at School guidance already in place for many businesses and schools. To read the executive order and more exemptions, click here. There are several exemptions to the order, including children who are 5 or younger and any person with a disability, or a physical or mental impairment, that prevents them from safely wearing a face covering. “While in outdoor public spaces in which the person cannot maintain a physical distance of six feet from all individuals who are not members of the person’s household and is not otherwise covered by previously issued guidance.” “While waiting for or riding on public transportation or paratransit, or while riding in a taxi, private car service, or ride-sharing vehicle, or driving any of the above while customers are present or “While inside, or waiting in line to enter, any: retail establishment grocery store pharmacy hair salon/barbershop nail salon/spa tattoo parlor child care facility restaurant or bar (when not seated and consuming food or beverage) health care setting, or any other indoor public space in which it is difficult to maintain a physical distance of at least six feet from all individuals who are not members of that person’s household The executive order states that face coverings will be required: The order will be evaluated during that time to determine any additional steps or extension.
Kentucky’s new executive order requires Kentuckians to wear face coverings under several circumstances for the next 30 days. So far, 22 states have implemented some sort of order mandating face coverings, although details vary. Beshear noted that 5% of Kentucky’s Gross State Product alone is $10.4 billion. economy from losing 5% of the Gross Domestic Product. The governor also pointed to analysis from Goldman Sachs showing that if everyone in America was required to wear face coverings in public, it could save the U.S. “It can make sure we don’t lose more people than we should, it can keep our cases down and it can help us to continue to reopen our economy.”Īccording to health experts, wearing face coverings not only protects others, it also lowers the infection risk for those wearing masks by 65%. 1 thing a mask can do is protect the health and the life of yourself and those around you,” the governor said.
The executive order takes effect at 5 p.m.
Andy Beshear announced Thursday Kentuckians must wear face coverings in many situations if the state is going to stop the increase of novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) cases and continue to reopen the economy safely. Highlighting his commitment to protecting all Kentuckians, Gov. Andy Beshear has mandated the state to wear face masks for the next 30 days.įRANKFORT, Ky. Incidence rates have also gone up for unvaccinated individuals with the Delta variant, with cases going up for unvaccinated individuals over 12-years-old, as well as children who are currently ineligible for a COVID vaccine.Gov. only 36 percent are fully vaccinated.Īs of Monday, 2,248,235 people have been vaccinated within Kentucky so far according to Beshear, with 4,102,931 total doses administered within the Commonwealth. Within the 30 to 39-year-old age range, only 46 percent have been fully vaccinated. There have been three straight weeks of increasing cases, Beshear said, and concerns of spread as vaccination pace slows.
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