Missoula County Health Department updates face covering rule

MISSOULA – Thursday, Oct. 15 the Missoula County Board of Health reviewed a proposed revision to the Board’s Face-covering Rule and accepted the revisions effective immediately.

The revisions to the Board’s Face-covering Rule bring local rules into better alignment with the Governor’s face-covering directive and face-covering exemptions. Accepted revisions to the local rule include the following:

• People ages five and older in Missoula County are required to wear face-coverings as outlined in the rule.

• The rule retains a more stringent prohibition against face shields due to lack of evidenc...