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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Kade Heather

Masks are back in Chicago-area health care settings

Medical assistant Tyla Wilson collects a nasopharyngeal swab sample to test for COVID-19 for 15-year-old Brianna Green at Roseland Community Hospital on the Far South Side, Wednesday morning, Jan. 5, 2022. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times (file))

Keep your mask handy if you’re heading to a hospital or doctor’s appointment anytime soon.

Some Chicago-area health care systems are again requiring visitors to mask up to help mitigate recent spreading of respiratory viruses, mainly influenza, COVID-19 and RSV.

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