ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Emergency orders in schooling settings by Washtenaw County Well being Division will probably be suspended later this month however college students attending Ann Arbor Public Colleges will proceed carrying masks in the interim.

Final week, the Well being Division joined a number of others throughout Michigan in asserting that orders for Okay-12 colleges, equivalent to masking, quarantine and isolation, would finish on Monday, Feb. 28.

Learn: Washtenaw County lifting college COVID orders at finish of February

A Friday e mail from AAPS Superintendent Jeanice Okay. Swift stated that common masking and different security protocols stay in place till additional discover.

“We are going to proceed to carry the well being and security of our college students and workers as our high precedence. We’re charged with the duty of supporting our college students with wholesome in-school studying environments every day and can take very significantly any proposed removing of a essential layer of COVID mitigation and safety for our college students, workers and households,” stated Swift’s e mail.

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“The AAPS will keep all current well being and security protocols, together with common masking, for AAPS colleges, packages, and places of work till additional discover.”

The Washtenaw County Well being Division will replace college steering on Wednesday, Feb 23. AAPS will analyze the affect of the brand new steering on district COVID protocols and replace households, the e-mail stated.

Swift’s e mail famous that masks are nonetheless really useful by WCHD, the Michigan Division of Well being and Human Providers and the CDC for school-aged youngsters two years and older and college workers when in public indoor settings, no matter their vaccination standing.

Federal orders mandate masking on public transport, together with college busses.