Staff Report
(Amherst, MA) Area colleges and universities are encouraging students, professors and staff to upgrade the type of masks they are wearing. According to a letter from the Public Health Promotion Center at UMASS, people should be wearing a higher-grade mask. KN95, KF94 and N95 masks were mentioned. Double masking is also recommended to help limit the spread of the omicron COVID-19 variant. Smith College, Amherst College and Mount Holyoke have all moved to remote teaching for the first few weeks of the semester.