Recommendation comes as health officers see rise in COVID cases among unvaccinated, working individuals
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Song Chen speaks with Selena Lara, an El Camino Health licensed vocational nurse, before receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at an El Camino Health vaccination site in Sunnyvale on April 2, 2021. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
As the Bay Area experiences an increased rate of COVID-19 cases, particularly among the unvaccinated population, three county health officers urged employers on Thursday to consider implementing a vaccination mandate in the workplace.
At a virtual press conference July 22, health officers from Contra Costa, Santa Clara and San Francisco counties spoke on the current impact of COVID-19 within their respective jurisdictions, but were in unison when it came to the broader recent trends: The highly contagious delta variant has caused a surge in cases in the past few weeks and it s mostly coming
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A cashier helps a man check out while shopping at Rocky s Market in Oakland in June. Alameda County currently does not require vaccinated people to wear masks in most indoor settings though many still do but it is considering changes to its recommendations as the contagious delta variant spreads.Jessica Christian/The Chronicle
Editor’s note:
Since this story was published, seven Bay Area counties have changed their recommendations and now urge vaccinated people to wear masks indoors. Click here for the latest.
On Thursday, Los Angeles County became the first in California to reimpose an indoor mask mandate that covers vaccinated as well as unvaccinated people. The mandate takes effect on Saturday night.