In a surprise move Monday, California state officials announced that the state is instituting a universal indoor mask mandate, effective Wednesday, December 15
, effective Wednesday, December 15. The current mandate will run through January 15, 2022.
“We will require universal masking in indoor settings statewide,” said state director of health and human services Dr. Mark Ghaly Ghaly, noting that the order will cover the 58% of tCalifornia’s population not currently under such a mandate. Ghaly noted on a hastily-arranged conference call with reporters that the state had seen a 47% rise in case rates since Thanksgiving, from 9.6 per 100,000 cases to 14 per 100,000. He also reported that local hospitals are seeing patient levels “significantly above their baseline for this time of year.”between November 2020 and February 2021. The HHS director said officials are hoping to avoid a repeat of that tragedy.
When asked whether the measure was a first step top other increased restrictions Ghaly said, “Absolutely not.
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