With a new rise in COVID-19 cases in Johnson County in late June, University of Iowa Health Care launched a face-covering campaign asking faculty, staff, students, and health care employees to show why wearing a face covering is important to them.

You can contribute a photo of yourself wearing a face covering, and a few words about why doing so is important to you, by using the #MaskUpIA hashtag on social media.

To reduce the spread of COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people wear face coverings in public settings, especially when social distancing is difficult to maintain.

View this photo gallery to read why it is important for these Hawkeyes to wear face coverings during the coronavirus pandemic.