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Mississippi governor's mask mandate expands to 16 counties

by Emily Wagster Pettus
| October 26, 2020 3:27 PM

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that he is extending a mask mandate to seven additional counties to try to control the spread of the coronavirus as cases increase rapidly in some areas.

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