California Governor Gavin Newsom issues statewide mask requirement

As the U.S. begins to ease up on stay-at-home orders and people return to work, dining out, and other pre-pandemic activities, coronavirus cases are — not surprisingly — increasing in many of those reopened states. However, unlike Arizona, which is facing an extreme uptick in COVID-19 cases and yet, thegovernor refuses to enact a statewide mask rule, California Governor Gavin Newsom just announced that masks are mandatory across the state, and he hopes the new mandate will help stop the continued spread of the deadly virus.