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County health officials urge vaccinations, indoor masking with rise as COVID-19 cases increase

by Astrid Casimire / Bay City News Service Uploaded: Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 3:22 pm Time to read: about 2 minutes Medical assistant Adriana Castaneda draws the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at Ravenswood Family Health Center in East Palo Alto on Jan. 30, 2021. Photo by Magali Gauthier. As COVID-19 cases increase slightly in San Mateo County, health officials say that getting vaccinated is the best way to protect against the virus, including the contagious delta variant. During an update to the county s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Srija Srinivasan, deputy chief of San Mateo County Health, said the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations had increased from the numbers reported one week ago.

County asks residents to mask up indoors

San Mateo County is now recommending that everyone, regardless of vaccination status, wear a mask indoors. The joint announcement with eight other Bay Area jurisdictions came on Friday in response to an uptick in COVID-19 cases due to the more transmissible Delta variant. While COVID-19 vaccinations have proven effective against the variant, the new recommendation advises all residents to mask up indoors to protect those who remain unvaccinated. “The epidemic is spreading faster in communities because the virus is more contagious,” Louise Rogers, chief of San Mateo County Health, wrote in a press release. “The good news is that the vaccines are effective against the Delta variant.”

Are mask mandates returning to the Bay Area? Here s what each county says right now

Are mask mandates returning to the Bay Area? Here s what each county says right now FacebookTwitterEmail 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.

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