{"id":"ME-093","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"Portland, Maine","state":"ME","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"City of Portland","authority":"Public health advisory (no order)","instrument":"Alert: Masking in Indoor Places Recommended When County Reaches Substantial Community Transmission","title":"Masking in Indoor Places Recommended When County Reaches Substantial Community Transmission","dateIssued":"2021-08-05","effective":"2021-08-05 (recommendation)","end":"n/a","startDate":"2021-08-05","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["the public"],"clause":"The U.S. and Maine CDC recommends everyone wear masks when inside in public regardless of vaccination status when there is substantial or high community transmission of COVID-19 in your county.... The City of Portland first alerted the public to the fact that Cumberland County reached substantial community transmission of COVID-19 on August 5, 2021. As of August 23, Cumberland County is now listed as moderate.","enforcement":"None (recommendation)","functions":["none by force of law; Q3 2021 local status evidence"],"notes":"Establishes that Portland imposed no mask mandate in Q3 2021; the recommendation tracked the U.S. CDC\u0027s July 27, 2021 guidance and Maine\u0027s July 28, 2021 statement.","sourceUrl":"https://www.portlandmaine.gov/AlertCenter.aspx?AID=Masking-in-Indoor-Places-Recommended-Whe-154","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210917072322/https://www.portlandmaine.gov/AlertCenter.aspx?AID=Masking-in-Indoor-Places-Recommended-Whe-154","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":208106,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ME","url":"/library/ME-093","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ME-093","citation":"City of Portland, Alert: Masking in Indoor Places Recommended When County Reaches Substantial Community Transmission (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. ME-093)","stateName":"Maine","related":["ME-092"]}