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FILE - In this April 4, 2020, record photo, is The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints successful Salt Lake City. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced that look masks volition beryllium required wrong temples to bounds the dispersed of COVID-19. Church leaders said Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, that masks volition beryllium required temporarily successful an effort to support temples open. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

SALT LAKE CITY – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Wednesday that masks volition beryllium required wrong temples to bounds the dispersed of COVID-19.

Church leaders said successful a connection that masks volition beryllium required temporarily successful an effort to support temples open. The connection was the latest successful a bid of statements from religion leaders encouraging masking and vaccination efforts against COVID-19.

“As cases of COVID-19 summation successful galore areas, we privation to bash everything imaginable to let temples to stay open,” the religion said successful a statement. “Therefore, effectual immediately, each temple patrons and workers are asked to deterioration look masks astatine each times portion successful the temple.”

In Utah, wherever the religion is based, a summertime surge of the microorganism among unvaccinated residents has continued to turn portion vaccination rates person somewhat increased.

Data from the Utah Health Department showed that successful the past 28 days authorities residents who are unvaccinated are 5.9 times much apt to dice from COVID-19 and 7.2 times much apt to beryllium hospitalized than those who are vaccinated.

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About 64% of Utah residents ages 12 and older were afloat vaccinated arsenic of Tuesday, authorities information shows. Utah reported 25 caller deaths from COVID-19, bringing the full since the pandemic began to 2,829.

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