New York hospital reinstates mask mandate amid COVID-19 uptick. So has Atlanta college, including social distancing
“Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., reinstated a mask mandate Aug. 17 amid an uptick in staff out sick with COVID-19 and an increase in patients testing positive, according to local news outlets. “Effective immediately, mandatory masking is required by all staff, visitors, and patients in clinical areas of Upstate …