Petersburg Pilot -

The Borough Assembly voted to extend an emergency ordinance requiring masking in indoor public buildings during Monday's meeting.

The previous emergency ordinance was passed during an emergency meeting on November 5 in response to a COVID-19 outbreak in Petersburg which was at one point the highest per capita outbreak in the country.

The original ordinance required people to wear masks in indoors settings that are open to the public including businesses with some exceptions such as a medical condition.

The ordinance was then amended at the following assembly meeting on November 17 to requir...