Mary Wilson
Well-known member
Aug. 23, 2023Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 3:22 p.m.
Aidin Vaziri
As the Bay Area experiences a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, one of its most prominent health care providers is requiring patients, staff and visitors to mask up again.
Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center has reinstated a temporary mask mandate for people within its facilities. The measure is a direct response to the increasing number of individuals testing positive for the coronavirus, according to an official statement made on Wednesday. ...
A spokesperson for the hospital said the mask mandate also applies to visitors in all of Kaiser’s medical facilities in the Santa Rosa Service Area “in response to this latest increase in COVID-19 cases.” ...
The new masking requirement comes as California’s test positivity rate surged from 5.6% on July 12 to 15.6% on Aug. 13, the highest level reached this year. ...
https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/rising-covid-cases-prompt-bay-area-hospital-18326006.php
Aidin Vaziri
As the Bay Area experiences a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, one of its most prominent health care providers is requiring patients, staff and visitors to mask up again.
Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center has reinstated a temporary mask mandate for people within its facilities. The measure is a direct response to the increasing number of individuals testing positive for the coronavirus, according to an official statement made on Wednesday. ...
A spokesperson for the hospital said the mask mandate also applies to visitors in all of Kaiser’s medical facilities in the Santa Rosa Service Area “in response to this latest increase in COVID-19 cases.” ...
The new masking requirement comes as California’s test positivity rate surged from 5.6% on July 12 to 15.6% on Aug. 13, the highest level reached this year. ...
https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/rising-covid-cases-prompt-bay-area-hospital-18326006.php