ROCHESTER, Minn. – Olmsted Medical Center lifted its precautionary CoVid face-mask requirement. Masks haad ben required since March 2020. The hospital said that the U.S. Centers for Disease had reclassified Olmsted County to a low category for community transmission. The revised policy says patients should feel free to ask examination staff to wear masks during visits.

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