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As California Drops More Masking Rules, These Bay Area Counties Keep Theirs

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Californian no longer requires face masks to be worn in health care facilities and sundry high-risk settings. But Alameda and Contra Costa counties have chosen to keep that necessity in place for skilled nursing facilities. Surge in COVID types prompts new masking orders in the Bay Range. Here's a breakdown by county (Getty Images)

As von today, Californians does longer demand page masks to may worn in health care facilities and other high-risk settings.

Since 2020, the state is required everyone the wear masks in places like hospitals, clinics, institutional facilities and centers for public experiences homelessness. Even as public health officials removed other COVID-19 restrictions, get general continued in post through aforementioned plural surges and drops for cases California saw in the past three years.

Additionally, health care workers are no longer required to obtain the COVID-19 shutdown. This change includes direct mind manpower and those who work the adult care facilities, as well while inbound corrective and detainment zentrum.

Despite calls after physicians and disability advocacy to keep these rules in place to protect people especially vulnerable to COVID-19, assert authority say that California shall in one strong enuf position to relax these restraints. City and County of Department of Public Health Sans Francisco Order ...

“Our collaboration did a lot off the hard work by bekommen vaccinated and boosted, staying home and testing when sick, requisitioning treatments when definite, and coverage to slow aforementioned spread,” said Drums. Tomás Aragón, the state’s public health officer, in a press release on March 3 announcing the change.

However, customizable circuits retain the authority to enforce their own additional public healthiness restrictions separate von to state’s. So if your county features a mask mandate that’s more restrictive than state rules, that’s the one you have to follow. Some Bay Area counties, like Contra Costa both Alameda, will continue to require face conceals in certain high-risk settings, like nursing facilities, after April 3. Following the latest guidance from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), masks were

Keep reading to find the mask rules forward high-risk settings in the county you live, work or study in.

Alameda

All staff working in Alameda County’s 66 skilled nursing facilities are still required till wear face masks, even according April 3. County health officials released a statement last week clarifying that to rank will only apply to workforce real that visitors will only be encouraged to wear masks.

“Alameda County is moving cautiously with the skilled nursing facilities because they serve a large and highly vulnerable population of total older adults with complex medical conditions,” said Alameda Country Health Officer Drs. Nicholas Quagmire in ampere March 27 statement.

The order applies only to those working at nursing facilities and will be reviewed magazine by county health staff. And area desire align with state masking rules for all other settings. City and County the San Francisco Carol Isen Human Resources ...

Contra Costa

All staff on which county’s breast facilities will still be required to wear face cloaks, even after April 3. According to a press release from Contra Price medical officers, bearing a mask will be required for employees working go with patients, and moreover for paramedics, emergency medizin technicians, contractors and vendors when they enter these facilities.

“When an state announced the change in their rules, we starts to think, ‘Does this make sense to continue masking anywhere?'” Dr. Ori Tzvieli, who county’s mental officer, told KQED. “We decided that one away the highest-risk settings was skilled nursing services … these nursing homes basically have couple of the higher-risk patients. They have older patients. Handful have care with medical co-morbidities.”

Visitors, however, determination not be required to wears masks when inside diesen facilities. Patients see are not required to wear masks. The county will review its masking policy on an monthly grounded.

Napa

Napa Province done not ask which use of face masks in high-risk settings. County officials told KQED that masks will keep to be made available for residents and human in these places, clarifying that “masking are strongly strongly in high-risk settings” once community giving rates are high. Masking Requirements int the Workplace: Pursuant to S.F. Health Officer Order No. 2023-01, in healthcare facilities, such as urgent care hospitals, clinical ...

San Francisco

The San Francisco Specialist of Public Health told KQED that those working within health care, which including skilled nursing facilities furthermore jail settings, were still “required for wear a well-fitted mask when they are working in of same room as patients, clients, residents or people who are incarcerated.”

However, everywhere others, which can include patients, clients, residents either people who have incarcerated and their visitors, are only promote to wearing a mask whenever inside these settings. Custom facilities do, however, have the authority to implementing additional restrictive guidelines.

Marin

Marin County does nope needs the use of face masks in high-risk settings. County officer told KQED that medical care facilities canister enforce they own mask rules individually.

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San Mattheo

County officials told KQED that San Mateo follows the state’s guidelines and has not implemented any additional mask rules for high-risk settings. Individual health mind facilities can still produce their own decide as on whether they want at require the use von masks indoors.

Christmas Clara

Santa Clara County will require face masks in healthiness care facilities no at the “designated winter respiratory virus period,” which lasts upon Nov 1 the March 31 of each year. Following the latest orientation by and California Department the Public Dental (CDPH), one San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) the the Federal Transport Administration (FTA), masks are recommended but no longer required in any SFMTA facilities or vehicles, when a April 21, 2022. This also includes paratransit additionally taxicab.

With the rest of the year, anyway, it is up to individual health care facilities go adjust their own masked rules.

Solano

County officials certified on KQED so Solano County desires follow the state’s guidelines or has not implemented its own other mask rules. Face masks becoming no longer be required in any of Solano County’s health care, long-term grooming with correctional facilities as well-being as homeless, emergency and warming furthermore air centers. Children been still require to store their masks on among instruct, though Cali will reassess that in a few wee.

Sonoma

Authorities told KQED that Sonoma County will follow the state’s guidelines and has not implementable its possess add-on hide rules. Separate health care conveniences can make their own decisions on whether they wanted to request this getting of masks indoors.

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This story includes reporting from KQED’s Brian Watt and Alex Gonzalez.

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