Mask Mandate Returns to Parts of California

Masks Return to California

Sonoma County, California, announced that masks are to be worn in health facilities beginning November 1 through March 31. “Given the greater risk of COVID, flu and other respiratory virus-related illnesses over the fall and winter months, Sonoma County Interim Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith issued an order today requiring health care personnel and others to wear masks inside patient care areas of specified health care facilities,” a statement f…

Mask mandate returns to parts of California

The order in Sonoma County is designed to protect the "most vulnerable populations" in health care facilities during fall and winter.

Mask Mandates Return to Calif. Wine Country

A California wine country county has issued strengthening vaccine guidance this week and has ordered masks to be worn inside healthcare facilities due to an increased risk of COVID-19 as flu season begins. Dr. Karen Smith, Interim Health Officer for Sonoma County, has mandated that masks must be worn in specified healthcare settings including skilled nursing facilities, areas of long-term care with nursing services, rehabilitation centers, infus…

California County Reinstates Mask Mandate In Certain Health Care Facilities - Nemos News Network

California County Reinstates Mask Mandate In Certain Health Care Facilities Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A county health officer in California issued an order requiring masking in acute care facilities starting on Nov. 1, an order authorities attribute to rising seasonal respiratory illnesses. People wearing protective masks walk on the street in a file photo. Chung I Ho/The Epoch Times The mandate, which lasts…