California's indoor mask mandate will be ending tomorrow. Here’s what to know and what's different in the Bay Area:
indoor mask mandate in public settings for vaccinated people on Feb.16 at 12:01 a.m. Children, however, are still required to keep their masks on at school for at least another two weeks.state will reassess the current mask requirement for schoolsMost Bay Area counties, with the exception of Santa Clara Co., will follow the state's lead and lift their indoor mask mandates as omicron cases decrease.
Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and the City of Berkeley willMask mandate to remain in place for CA schools as guidelines lift for other indoor activities Officials argued that COVID's spread has also waned significantly across the region and that relaxing mask requirements is part of a shift toward a"new normal" of living with the virus rather than attempting to snuff out its spread completely.
"We are able to take this next major step of removing the universal indoor mask requirement because we have laid a strong foundation in good public health protections -- especially vaccines and boosters -- and know we can reduce severe illness, hospitalizations and deaths," Contra Costa County Health Officer Dr. Ori Tzvieli said.Santa Clara County Health Director Sara Cody disagrees.
"We're taking a different course in Santa Clara County in that we are continuing to follow our data and metrics to tell us when it's appropriate to lift," she said."So that's the difference."
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