California could decide one huge remaining question on masks and reopening today
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Melissa Lopez wears a mask while working the checkout counter at Bi-Rite Market in the Mission District of San Francisco, Calif. Friday, November 20, 2020. With rising COVID cases, retailers, including grocers, are wary of surging crowds, and possible panic shopping not seen since March, over the holiday seasons.Jessica Christian/The Chronicle
With less than a week to go before California drops most of its remaining coronavirus health restrictions, one major question remains to be settled: What will workplace restrictions look like?
Masks are currently required at all times for everyone in the workplace. But last week, California regulators decided that workers can ditch the masks when the state reopens June 15 but only if every single person in the workplace is vaccinated against COVID-19. If just one is unvaccinated, all must wear masks.
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Californians who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 will be able to shed their face masks in most situations starting next week, state officials confirmed Wednesday.
The long-teased change will take effect Tuesday, the same date as California’s planned full economic reopening, and finally bring the nation’s most-populous state into alignment with nearly month-old COVID-19 guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In short, Californians who are two weeks removed from their last vaccine dose will be allowed to go mask-free in nearly all settings, with some exceptions that include transit hubs or aboard public transportation; in healthcare settings and long-term care facilities; indoors at K-12 schools, childcare facilities or other youth settings; in homeless shelters, emergency shelters and cooling centers; and in correctional facilities and detention centers.