Marin Issues Vaccine Requirement For Schools

MARIN COUNTY, CA — Marin County public schools will require all eligible students and staff to provide proof of vaccination status this fall, the Novato Unified School District confirmed in a news release Wednesday.

The new policy, which had been widely anticipated, was announced Wednesday during a webinar hosted by Deputy Marin Public Health Officer Lisa Santora and Marin County Office of Education Superintendent Mary Jane Burke.

School principals will provide more information on how this information will be collected, the NUSD said.

The schools will also require mask wearing in all indoor settings.

The move comes amid a delta-variant fueled coronavirus case surge that has impacted most of the Bay Area including heavily vaccinated Marin.

Marin on Monday joined six other Bay Area counties and the city of Berkeley in enacting a new mask mandate.

Marin earlier this year was ranked the nation's most vaccinated county according to a San Francisco Chronicle report.

As of Thursday morning, 93.7 percent of county's eligible population 12 years of age and older have received at least one does of the vaccine and 86.7 percent have completed their vaccine series according to Marin's vaccine dashboard.

California residents can find a vaccination clinic by visiting here.