Aprile Rickert
Health ReporterAprile Rickert is WFPL's health reporter.
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Starting Monday, masks will be optional for some students in Southwest Indiana. Some school districts will also stop contact tracing, and students and staff will have to quarantine only if they’ve tested positive for COVID-19.
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Although the highly contagious omicron variant is less severe overall than previous strains, it’s still putting a strain on hospitals similar to the delta variant, with 2,200 people currently hospitalized in Kentucky with COVID.