Face Masks Required Again In All Attleboro City Buildings

ATTLEBORO, MA — Face masks are now required in all city buildings in Attleboro, Mayor Paul Heroux said Wednesday.

This decision comes after five city employees tested positive for COVID-19 in the past two days, WPRI first reported. Heroux told 12 News it was a "big jump for such a short amount of time."

The new mask requirement will be in place for the next two weeks. The mask mandate in public and city buildings in Attleboro was lifted in February.

A few school districts in Massachusetts have also started recommending masks again even as the school year enters its final weeks.

Positivity rates are still much lower than they were at the peak of the omicron wave in January but have been steadily increasing since the end of March.

Related: MA Town-By-Town COVID: Positivity Rate At Highest Point Since December