Spring break prompts Gonzaga, EWU to delay lifting indoor mask requirements

While the state of Washington’s indoor mask mandate is ending Saturday, some schools, including Gonzaga University and Eastern Washington University, are opting to keep their requirements in place later into the month due to the timing of spring break.

Others like Washington State University, Whitworth University and the Community Colleges of Spokane are planning to follow the date set by Gov. Jay Inslee, who cited declining hospitalization and case rates in moving the date up from March 21, a date he initially set last month.

Even after the mandate lifts, however, masks will be required in campus health care facilities and on public transit, as per state and federal requirements.