Hospitals mandating masks amid surge in respiratory viruses

RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL, part of Brown University Health, and other area hospitals are under mask mandates due to rising respiratory virus data. / COURTESY BROWN HEALTH

PROVIDENCE – With respiratory illnesses on the rise, health systems in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts have issued mask mandates within their facilities. On Monday, Brown University Health, the state’s largest health care provider, announced that it has updated its respiratory virus status to the “red” level, prompting a mandate for all patients, visitors and

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