Alabama extends mask mandate amid debate

By Barbara Goldberg and Dan Whitcomb
Updated March 5 2021 - 12:14pm, first published 12:12pm
About 45,000 virus patients were being treated in US hospitals as of Wednesday night.
About 45,000 virus patients were being treated in US hospitals as of Wednesday night.

Alabama has extended for another month an order mandating residents to wear face masks, breaking with Mississippi and Texas as the issue again becomes the focus of national debate.

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