Bay Area Counties Recommend Masking Indoors for Everyone
With cases of COVID-19 rising locally and increased circulation of the highly transmissible Delta variant, Bay Area counties, including Alameda County, now recommend that everyone, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks indoors in public places.
Alameda County’s reported new cases are averaging 110 per day and the daily case rate is now 6.7 per 100,000 and rising.
Businesses are urged to adopt universal masking requirements for customers entering indoor areas of their businesses to provide better protection to their employees and customers. Workplaces must comply with Cal/OSHA requirements and fully vaccinated employees are encouraged to wear masks indoors if their employer has not confirmed the vaccination status of those around them.
Bay Area Health Officers will revisit this recommendation in the coming weeks as they continue to monitor transmission rates, hospitalizations, deaths, and increasing vaccination rates throughout the region.
Fully vaccinated people are well-protected from infections and serious illness due to COVID-19, and vaccinating as many people as possible, as soon as possible, continues to be our best defense against severe COVID-19 infection.
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