Governor Requires Masks At Indoor Gatherings Of 25 Or More In Iowa City

From the City of Iowa City:

November 10, 2020

On Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, the Governor updates the State's Public Health Emergency Declaration, extending all in-place health mitigation efforts through Nov. 30, 2020.

The latest declaration also added more mitigation efforts, including:

• Requiring masks at all indoor gatherings of 25 people or more and all outdoor events of 100 people or more.
• Requiring masks for employees and customers at businesses like salons, barbershops, massage therapy establishments, tattoo parlors, and other personal service businesses.
• Groups of eight or more are prohibited at bars, restaurants, and any gathering of a social, community, recreational, leisure, or sporting nature, unless the entire group is from the same household.

These new measure will be effective at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020, and will continue until 11:59 p.m. Nov. 30, 2020.

Other in-place health mitigation steps include social distancing at restaurants, bars, and other business establishments, as well as other gatherings of 10 or more people.

To read the entire declaration, visit the Governor's website.

The City's face covering mandate remains in-place, and can be read online. For more information about COVID-19 and the City, visit our COVID-19 resources website.

This press release was produced by the City of Iowa City. The views expressed here are the author’s own.