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Orange County will require masks starting this Friday-The Daily Tar Heel <br /> Rich said the mask rule will not extend to classrooms or UNC campus, but it will extend to any student <br /> who ventures into the Chapel Hill community or any student in off-campus housing. She said she hopes <br /> UNC leaders will consider crafting stricter mask rules for the classroom setting in the fall, especially <br /> considering the possibility of a second wave of coronavirus. <br /> According to the Carolina Together website, which hosts the University's roadmap for a return to campus <br /> in the fall, "the expectation is that face masks will be worn in the classroom and in the workplace." <br /> Rich said due to concerns that not everyone has access to masks, county leaders waited to put this <br /> amendment in place until they had the ability to buy masks to provide. <br /> EDITORS PICKS <br /> hi <br /> Column: Black America is Q&A: UNC grad and Heel Talk episode 10: UNC <br /> tired of fighting for USADA head Travis Tygart leaders discuss racial equity <br /> something we shouldn't talks Lance Armstrong case plans for the 2020-21 school <br /> have to fight for and more year <br /> "We've actually been talking about this for a couple weeks. The concerns among the health department <br /> and emergency services were based around the fact that we could not acquire enough masks to hand out to <br /> folks if they couldn't get masks," Rich said. "So we didn't want the requirement in place until we had the <br /> ability to actually purchase masks." <br /> In a previous amendment, service workers were required to wear masks and businesses were <br /> recommended to require customers to wear masks to enter. Under this amendment, workers and customers <br /> will be mandated to wear masks, aside from some exceptions. <br /> The most recently amended declaration states all retail and food service employees, all retail and food <br /> service patrons, all public transit users and anyone else in a situation where physical distancing of six feet <br /> is not possible are required to wear a mask. <br /> The amended declaration, which was written in collaboration between the county commissioners and the <br /> mayors, makes accommodations for those who are unable to wear a mask due to health, behavioral or <br /> religious concerns, as well as anyone under 12. <br /> https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2020/06/oc-mask-requirement-0610[6/16/202O 9:10:03 PM] <br />