Starting April 3, Contra Costa County will require staff in skilled nursing facilities to wear masks to protect vulnerable elderly patients from COVID.
Two East Bay counties have each issued a new health order requiring staff in skilled nursing facilities to continue wearing masks to protect elderly patients from being infected with COVID-19.
In a Monday announcement, Contra Costa Health Services and Alameda County Health Care Services Agency said the orders will take effect April 3, the same day the state’s COVID-19 masking order for healthcare settings expires. As of April 3, face coverings are no longer required in California health care establishments, such as dental offices, for patients, visitors and employees who do not need to perform clinical activities. Residents of nursing homes and their visitors are not required to wear masks, according to the Alameda and Contra Costa health orders.
The guidance was given in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom ending the State of Emergency for the pandemic last month., Alameda County Health Officer Dr. Nicholas Moss said, “We are being prudent when it comes to our skilled nursing facilities because they are populated with mostly senior citizens and individuals who have multiple medical issues. This population has experienced some of the most extreme effects of the pandemic, including fatalities.
Of the more than 2,400 Alameda County residents who have died as a result of the virus, approximately 29 percent as of January were living in skilled nursing facilities, the county health agency said in a news release. Also, nearly one third of nursing home residents have not yet received the latest bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccination, according to data from 55 of the county’s 66 skilled nursing facilities.
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