Five counties a California implemented mandates of masks for some areas Wednesday as a precaution ahead of flu season, Los Angeles’ KABC-TV News reported.
Staff members at hospitals and doctors’ offices in Alameda, San Mateo, Contra Costa and Sonoma counties are now required to wear masks when interacting with patients. seconds on KABC Channel 7. Santa Clara County implemented additional measures, requiring hospital patients and long-term care facility residents to wear masks in addition to health care providers and the staff.
“The order in Santa Clara County requires masking for everyone entering a healthcare facility,” Santa Clara County Deputy Health Officer Dr. Sarah Rudman told KABC. “And that’s because we’re all at risk during this winter virus season. We all have a role to play in protecting ourselves and protecting each other.”
Several other California counties also implemented mask recommendations this year, including Los Angeles, orangei ventura counties Los Angeles County currently requires that all health care workers who have not received the COVID-19 vaccine booster wear a mask when they come into contact with patients, while San Bernardino County It “strongly recommends” that people wear masks in indoor public settings at all times.
Supporters of the rule argued that the mask mandates would prevent a “triple epidemic” of RSV, influenza and COVID 19, according to KABC. According to Dr. Karen Smith, Sonoma County’s interim health officer, there has been “incredible pushback” against previous attempts to impose masks in the area.
“we got over it“a California hospital worker, who asked to remain anonymous, he said KTVU-TV News in Oakland, California. “Our patients, we still don’t know if they will come [COVID-19]but it doesn’t scare me.”
The mask mandates will remain in place until at least March 2024, KABC reported.
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