Visitors To The Abington Township Building Must Once Again Wear A Facemask While Inside

ABINGTON, PA — Visitors to the Abington Township municipal complex will once again be required to wear facemasks as a mitigation effort against COVID-19.

The township announced on Thursday that the mandatory mask requirement for those attending meetings inside the government building came about due to increasing number of coronavirus transmissions.

Montgomery County is technically still in the 'Low' community level for disease transmission according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but cases have been steadily rising as of late.

Abington appears to be one of the first area municipalities in eastern Montgomery County to reintroduce a mask requirement on municipal property.

The City of Philadelphia had recently reintroduced an indoor mask mandate, but it was lifted mere days after it went back into effect.

Abington Township is the second most populous municipality in Montgomery County as well as the second most densely populated community in the county.

Lower Merion Township is the most populous and Cheltenham is the most densely populated.