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July 27, 2021Jefferson City, Mo. |  By: AP

Missouri AG sues over St. Louis area mask mandate


JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The attorney general in Missouri has sued in an effort to halt a mask mandate that took effect Monday in the St. Louis area amid a rise in COVID-19 cases that are burdening a growing number of hospitals around the state.

The mandate, one of the first to be reinstated in the country, requires everyone age 5 or older to wear masks in indoor public places and on public transportation in St. Louis city and St. Louis County even if they are vaccinated.

But the lawsuit said the mandate "undermines the important push for vaccinations" and that mandating children to wear masks in school is arbitrary and capricious because they are less likely to become seriously ill.