(KRON) – Alameda County has carried out a masks mandate for “operators of specified Well being Care Services.” This mandate is to fight the unfold of COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to “susceptible sufferers and residents.”
This system will make sure that workers put on “prime quality, well-fitting masks” at any time when the employees are in affected person care within the facility, no matter vaccination standing.
In keeping with Alameda County, within the fall and winter of 2022, the waves of COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus had been substantial. This 12 months is predicted to be the identical. Since 2020, 17 % of Alameda County residents who’ve handed away from COVID-19 had been Expert Nursing Facility (SNF) residents.
November 1 at 12:01 a.m. would be the efficient date for the necessary masks. The final date of the mandate can be April 30, 2024, contingent on the Well being Officer’s information on virus surveillance information.
