CDC: Masks, business limits helped curb spread of Covid-19 in Arizona

WASHINGTON – A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Oct. 9 credited mask mandates and business restrictions for slowing the spread of Covid-19 in Arizona, reversing an early summer spike blamed on an early easing of restrictions. The study, in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, tracked cases in the state from Jan. 22 through their peak in June, when local and state safety mandates began to take effect. “We have significantly reduced the cases in Arizona…