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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Suit seeks to overturn renewed Philadelphia mask mandate

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Several businesses and residents have filed suit in state court in Pennsylvania seeking to overturn Philadelphia's renewed indoor mask mandate scheduled to be enforced beginning Monday in an effort to halt a surge in COVID-19 infections.

The lawsuit, filed in Commonwealth Court on Saturday, said Philadelphia lacks the authority to impose such a mandate.

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