Barry-Eaton District Health Department Health Officer Colette Scrimger has rescinded the two local emergency public health orders that required face coverings and COVID-19 quarantine and isolation procedures for schools and other educational settings in Barry and Eaton counties.
The rescission of the orders is due to boilerplate language included in the Fiscal 2022 state budget that would restrict funding to local health departments with COVID-19 local emergency orders in effect as of October 1, 2021.
Both orders are rescinded as of 11:59PM on Thursday, September 30th, 2021. Children riding school busses will still have to wear a mask while on the bus.
Scrimger said “We urge our local school districts and other educational settings to continue to implement universal masking policies and follow quarantine best practices. It’s critical to reducing the spread of COVID-19 within schools and our communities. We will continue to evaluate the situation and will consider issuing orders in the future as the question of the constitutionality of Senate Bill 82 and House Bill 4400 becomes clearer and if community conditions necessitate such orders" she said.
