WHERE ARE MASKS REQUIRED IN THE TRI-COUNTY AREA? In traveling from place to place, it may be hard to know where a mask is required, where it is suggested and where there are no rulings on the matter. The main thing to know is that a mandate or ordinance means a face covering is required, usually in any retail or food service establishment. Penalties are usually associated with mandates. A resolution is a non-binding document where government leaders strongly urge people to wear face masks inside public spaces, but there is no legal requirement. Municipalities that have passed mandates • City of Bishopville • City of Manning • City of Sumter
Municipalities that have passed nonbinding resolutions • Clarendon County • Lee County • Sumter County • Town of Mayesville • Town of Paxville
Nearly 40% of South Carolinians – roughly 2 million residents – live where a local mask ordinance is in place. Areas that have seen a mask ordinance have a 46% greater decrease in the total number of cases in the month after the requirements were implemented.
Municipalities that have passed neither • Town of Pinewood • Town of Summerton • Town of Turbeville
As of Aug. 16. For an interactive map, go to wwww.scemd.org.
WHERE ARE MASKS REQUIRED STATEWIDE? • Inside restaurants unless you’re at your table • Inside governmentowned facilities • In public school facilities • On public school buses
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