Governor Henry McMaster’s office has been very clear that any mask mandate in schools goes against state law. Mayor Steve Benjamin says his mandate of masks in elementary and middle schools does not violate state law since the city plans to provide the masks. Yet some parents are not happy with the decision.
DHEC reports 1,878 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, 902 probable cases and eight new confirmed deaths in South Carolina.
Congressman Ralph Norman says he tested positive for COVID-19.
DHEC says they can not stress enough how important it is for everyone to get vaccinated. Health officials report that of the more than 9,000 South Carolinians who died from the virus, the majority were unvaccinated.
According to the City of Columbia, Mayor Steve Benjamin will declare a state of emergency in reference to the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19.
The mayor of South Carolina’s capital city is considering issuing a school mask mandate, a move he says would protect vaccine-ineligible children amid the coronavirus’s resurgence. The effort would put Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin, a Democrat, at odds with Republican Gov. Henry McMaster as well as the GOP-controlled Legislature, which recently barred such policies for all public schools.
DHEC reports 1,391 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, 644 probable cases and 13 new deaths in South Carolina.
Age-eligible South Carolina children would be required to show proof of coronavirus vaccination in order to attend public schools in the state, under a proposal introduced by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mia McLeod. The effort was rolled out Tuesday as part of the state senator’s plan to boost South Carolina’s lagging coronavirus vaccination rate, if she’s elected to its top office in 2022.
DHEC reports 1,651 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, 414 probable cases and two new deaths in South Carolina.
This morning, officials with DHEC and Prisma Health held a press conference to kick off South Carolina Immunization Awareness Week. Currently, anyone over the age of 12 is eligible to receive the vaccine, but health experts say that less than 10% of those between the ages of 20-26 have done so
