Delaware LIVE Weekly Review Dec. 26, 2021

Sonja FreyDelaware Live, Weekly Review

This Week’s Top Headlines Include: HEADLINES State to perform quarterly audits of COVID relief, infrastructure funds Sen. Chris Coons tests positive for COVID-19 Lawyer who championed Title IX sees backlash for position on trans women in sports Ørsted’s Skipjack 2 offshore wind project given the green light CULTURE Winterthur’s 2022 Jackie O exhibit to be based on letters in archive …

No immediate plans to bring back mask mandate, Carney says

Charlie MegginsonHeadlines, Health

Gov. John Carney said booster shots will be essential to lessening the impact of a COVID winter surge. Gov. John Carney has no immediate plans to reinstitute mask or social distancing mandates.  Instead, the state will continue to rely on voluntary compliance, he said during a COVID-19 briefing Tuesday.  “I think the objective obviously is to get people to wear …

Permanent school mask mandate is on hold – for now

Charlie MegginsonGovernment, Headlines, Health

Some interpreted a DOE regulation to mean masks would be permanently required in schools. Photo by Rodnae Productions on Pexels. A regulation that many interpreted to mean Delaware schools would indefinitely require mask-wearing is on hold — for now.  A proposed amendment to Delaware Administrative Code 815 — the rule schools follow for health examinations and screenings — would have …