U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan masks up as she tours Memorial Hospital on Jan. 17, meeting the hospital's Andrea Rathbone (center) and Marcy Brown (right). Although other hospitals in the state recently dropped their COVID-19 mask requirements, Memorial and Huggins Hospital have yet to do so. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A N.H. Department of Health and Human Services graphic immage shows the number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 over the past year. There are currently 12. The highpoint on the graph is seen on Jan. 9, when 67 people in New Hampshire were hospitalized with COVID-19. (NHDHHS IMAGE)
Two CDC maps of New England show the difference between two measurements being used to assess risk of COVID-19 in communities. While both maps factor in the number of new cases over the past seven days, community level also includes measurements of hospitalizations, while community transmission relies on the percentage of COVID lab tests that are positive. Both levels have been trending lower in recent months.
U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan masks up as she tours Memorial Hospital on Jan. 17, meeting the hospital's Andrea Rathbone (center) and Marcy Brown (right). Although other hospitals in the state recently dropped their COVID-19 mask requirements, Memorial and Huggins Hospital have yet to do so. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A N.H. Department of Health and Human Services graphic immage shows the number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 over the past year. There are currently 12. The highpoint on the graph is seen on Jan. 9, when 67 people in New Hampshire were hospitalized with COVID-19. (NHDHHS IMAGE)
Monika O’Clair is Huggins Hospital’s vice president of strategy and community relations. (COURTESY PHOTO)
Two CDC maps of New England show the difference between two measurements being used to assess risk of COVID-19 in communities. While both maps factor in the number of new cases over the past seven days, community level also includes measurements of hospitalizations, while community transmission relies on the percentage of COVID lab tests that are positive. Both levels have been trending lower in recent months.
CONWAY — Some hospitals, doctor’s offices and other health-care facilities around New Hampshire have begun dropping their COVID-19-era mask requirements for patients, staff and visitors over the past few weeks. Patients in and around the Mount Washington Valley will find a variety of guidelines.
For example, while White Mountain Health and Saco River Medical Center in Conway Village, and across the state even Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover recently loosened their mask requirements, Memorial Hospital in North Conway has yet to change its policy for patient areas of the hospital. (Masks are no longer required in administrative offices.)
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