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In the Gulf of California area, Alameda County residents will have to disguise themselves again in most public indoor areas.
On Friday, officials cited rising cases of COVID-19 and hospitalizations, noting that daily reported cases exceeded the delta peak last summer and “are now approaching the levels observed in the 2020-21 winter wave, with comparable testing levels. reported in the laboratory. ”
The reported cases are considered to be an underestimation of the total number.
“Hospitalizations are also increasing after remaining stable in the first weeks of this wave. The daily new intake of patients with COVID-19 has increased rapidly in recent days and is now surpassing last summer’s peak. We expect to reach [the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC)] “A high level of COVID-19 community soon, given current trends,” the Alameda County Health Services Agency said in a statement. “Furthermore, when COVID-19 cases started to rise again in April, we did not see disproportionate impacts on color communities in our data. This is no longer true and Latino residents already have the highest percentage of cases in Alameda County among the largest racial / ethnic groups. “
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While vaccination provides protection against serious illness, the agency said the virus circulates at “very high levels” and noted that masking provides an additional layer of protection.
“The growing number of COVID cases in Alameda County is now leading to more hospitalizations, and today’s actions reflect the seriousness of the moment,” Alameda County Health Officer Dr Nicholas Moss said in a statement. “We cannot ignore the data and we cannot predict when this wave may end. Putting on masks gives us the best opportunity to limit the impact of a prolonged wave on our communities. ”
“We see again the same pattern of disproportionate impact on severely affected communities with increasing cases,” said Kimi Watkins-Tart, director of public health at AC HCSA. “Many blacks and brown people are front-line workers who cannot work from home and are in jobs where they often interact with the public. The disguise order will limit the spread of COVID in these vulnerable communities. ”
According to KTVU, the mask mandate applies to government services, health facilities, shelters and travel services.
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Children under the age of 2 should not be disguised and the county will not require disguise in K-12 school settings until the end of the 2021-2022 school year.
Masks will be mandatory in all other children’s and youth institutions, including summer schools and youth programs.
The order does not apply to the city of Berkeley, which is an independent local health jurisdiction.
Auckland International Airport tweeted that everyone over the age of 2 should wear masks indoors again.
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AC Transit also announced that it will renew its policy on the mandate of masks for all buses “until further notice”.
“We know that policy changes can be frustrating for everyone. However, in support of our front-line workers and the wider community, we ask our riders to respectfully respect the restored mask mandate, ”the statement said.
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