Mask Mandates Bay Area 2024. Bay area health officers issued indoor masking requirements on august 3 after a surge in covid cases, hospitalizations, and deaths fueled by the delta variant. Mendocino county, just north of the bay area, enacted a mask order for healthcare workers in patient care areas during its annual respiratory virus season, which this year begins nov.

The arrival of what the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) calls respiratory disease season has prompted almost all of the nine bay area counties to issue types of face mask requirements for their staff in health. Here’s a breakdown as some are for patients and staff and others are just for staff.