Virus Outbreak Biden Masks

Registered nurse Jessalynn Dest pulls on a new N95 mask as indentations remain from another she had just removed after leaving a COVID-19 patient room in the acute care unit of Harborview Medical Center, Jan. 14, 2022, in Seattle.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that residents of Klamath County resume wearing masks in public places due to the prevalence of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the county.

Klamath County joins eight other Oregon counties at the CDC’s highest COVID-19 community level, which also includes the counties Lake, Jackson, Douglas, Coos, Lane, Sherman, Wasco and Hood River. The mask recommendation applies to all residents of these counties, regardless of vaccination status.