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Bassett expands masking requirement to all facilities

A week after it announced masking for only its Bassett Medical Center facility in Cooperstown, Bassett Healthcare Network has extended masking requirements to all its facilities, including Little Falls Hospital. (Photo credit: Bassett website)

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Bassett Healthcare Network announced it has instituted temporary masking requirements across all its facilities as COVID-19 numbers rise. The move comes a week after it announced masking for its Bassett Medical Center facility in Cooperstown only.

All patients, visitors, employees, students, and volunteers must wear medical-grade masks across all campuses, according to a Bassett news release. That includes A.O. Fox Hospital, A.O. Fox Nursing Home, A.O. Fox Hospital – Tri-Town Campus, Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, Cobleskill Regional Hospital, Little Falls Hospital, O’Connor Hospital, Valley Health Services, Valley Residential Services, all outpatient clinics, all school-based health centers, all administrative offices, and all other buildings.

Signs will be posted and masks available at all entrances.

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Bassett says it continues to monitor community COVID-19 cases and will reassess the masking requirement in one week.

Bassett Healthcare Network is an integrated health system serving a 5,600-square-mile region of the state.

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