Everyone Must Mask In All Indoor Public Settings In City Of Alameda

Press release from the City of Alameda:

December 29, 2021

Alameda County and City of Berkeley Rescind Face Mask Amendments:

Everyone Must Mask in All Indoor Public Settings Previously, fully vaccinated people were permitted to go unmasked in some limited settings.

ALAMEDA COUNTY, CA – Today, the County of Alameda and the City of Berkeley announced that their Health Officers are rescinding the face mask amendments allowing fully vaccinated people to go unmasked in some limited settings, effective 12:01 am on December 30, 2021. Everyone, regardless of their vaccination status, must mask in all indoor public settings.

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The local daily case rate is 18.7 per 100,000 residents and rising, and Alameda County community transmission is now categorized as “High” on the CDC’s COVID-19 data tracker. The Omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 is highly transmissible and everyone wearing masks in all indoor public settings will help limit the spread of COVID-19 and protect vulnerable residents as we enter a winter surge.

While people who are fully vaccinated can become infected and pass this virus to others, vaccination and boosters greatly reduce the chance of someone going to the hospital or dying because of COVID-19. But rapidly increasing case numbers will cause significant stress on our hospitals, even if only a small percentage of those infected require hospital care.

“Omicron may be more transmissible, but we have the tools to prevent infection,” said Dr. Moss. “Because even a mild infection in a vaccinated person may be passed on to someone who could become hospitalized, we must take every precaution this winter.”

This press release was produced by the City of Alameda. The views expressed here are the author’s own.