Door County is asking residents and visitors five years of age and older to stay masked up in efforts to slow down the spread of COVID-19. The Door County Public Health Department issued their emergency advisory regarding masks hours after Kewaunee County issued their own Thursday morning. In addition, there was a Door County case that was positive for one of the three COVID-19 variant identified in Wisconsin that was identified in South Africa last year. Door County Health and Human Services Director Joe Krebsbach says they have been making good progress, but there is work to be done.

Krebsbach advises businesses and public facilities to keep their own mask mandates in place as a way to slow the spread. The advisory should not be used as justification to harass or harm another person about masking.