Compliance with the coronavirus public health order on face masks and a bar curfew is no longer voluntary in Sedgwick County. Health officer Dr. Garold Minns signed a new emergency public health order on Monday, removing the phrase “voluntary compliance” from the existing COVID-19 order. The mandatory health order goes into effect first thing Tuesday morning and runs through the end of day Oct. 21. “Any persons or organizations within Sedgwick County must comply with the order,” county officials wrote in a news release. “Minns will continue to review and monitor COVID-19 trends in the community and will consider lifting restrictions as trends move in a positive direction.”
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