All three counties have seen weeks of sustained case decreases and have total population vaccination rates close to 70%, and, as a result, may not hit the 80% benchmark as quickly as other Bay Area counties will once the vaccine is approved for children ages 5-11. The universal mask mandate was implemented, along with other COVID-19 recommendations, on Dec. 15 for four weeks. He is an East Bay native who has a Master's degree in journalism from Stanford University. For additionalinformation on testing guidance from the SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) California will end its indoor masking requirement for vaccinated people next week but masks still are the rule for schoolchildren, state health officials announced Monday amid rapidly falling coronavirus cases. County to align with state mask mandate - San Mateo Daily Journal Unlike San Francisco, Alameda County pointed to specific criteria for when the mandate will be lifted. By request, County Health offers COVID-19 and flu vaccination "We can expect as we go around, certainly in the next months, that there will be a need to pull out a mask because the business that you're interacting with or the organization has that requirement, even if it is not the law," Rogers said. On March 12, California will also lift the mask mandate in K-12 schools, public transit, healthcare facilities, detention centers and senior care or childcare centers. health care settings. Masks will be mandatory starting Monday at all San Mateo County facilities regardless of a person's vaccination status. Were in a good place to peel back restrictions.". Dr. Anand Chabra, San Mateo County Health COVID-19 mass vaccination section chief, also reminded that getting vaccinated remains the most important way to protect against COVID-19, as vaccinated and boosted people are less likely to end up hospitalized from COVID compared to unvaccinated people. To lift the mask mandate, 80% of a county's total population must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or eight weeks removed from when the COVID-19 vaccine has been authorized for children. Residents can continue toschedule vaccination appointments In alignment with the State, San Mateo County is joining the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and the City of Berkeley in lifting universal mask requirements for most indoor . Property owner speaks out. A few counties, such as Santa Clara County and Los Angeles County, proposed a later date to lift their mask requirements because they want to ensure lower COVID-19 case rates before changing the regulations. It plans to keep indoor mask requirements in place until the county has two straight weeks at or below a "moderate" rate of 50 new cases per 100,000 people and there aren't any reports of a new, troubling variant circulating, Ferrer said.
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