PSU reinstates mask mandate

Pittsburg State University in the Kansas city of the same name has reinstated its campuswide face mask mandate.

The indoor mask requirement impacts all faculty, staff, students and visitors, regardless of vaccination status.

“The university’s goal is to have a safe and fully operational semester, and weather what university leaders hope will be a short-term surge,” officials with the school said. "According to public health officials, masks are an important tool in mitigating virus spread and achieving that goal.”

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