Utah’s statewide mask mandate may end April 10, but keep those face coverings handy.
You will need to wear them in a variety of business, including most grocery stores.
Large retail companies like Smith’s Food & Drug and Target — as well as Utah-based Harmons — have said customers still will be required to wear face coverings as a way to protect other shoppers and employees, many of whom have yet to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.
“Like you, we are excited to see the light at the end of the tunnel as vaccinations roll out and cases continue to drop,” Harmons officials told customers this week, “but we aren’t quite at the finish line yet.”
In an email from Chairman Bob Harmon and President and CEO Mark Jensen, the company said the mask policy would remain because most employees “have not yet had the opportunity to get vaccinated”
Utah businesses are allowed to enforce mask mandates under a law passed earlier this month by the Legislature and Gov. Spencer Cox plans to sign.
On Wednesday, Cox announced that all Utahns 16 and older can start making vaccination appointments next week.
Kroger, which operates Smith’s in Utah, has said it also “will continue to require everyone in our stores across the country to wear masks until all our front-line grocery associates can receive the COVID-19 vaccine.”
Employees who receive the recommended doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will get a one-time payment of $100, the company said in a news release.
Target also has said it will keep its mask requirement in place. It plans to pay hourly employees to get their vaccines and pay for Lyft rides (up to $15 each way) to get to and from their appointments.
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