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NEW REGIONAL STAY AT HOME ORDER

Effective December 7, 2020 - January 4, 2021, Alameda County is under a new Regional Stay at Home Order. All individuals living in the Region shall stay home or at their place of residence except as necessary to conduct essential activities, or as specifically permitted in this order.

Rather than waiting until ICU bed availability reaches critical levels and delaying closures that are inevitable, the Health Officers for the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and Santa Clara, as well as the City of Berkeley, have jointly decided to implement the State's Regional Stay Home Order now.

"Rising hospitalization rates across the region threaten not only our community members with severe COVID-19, but anyone who may need care because of a heart attack, stroke, accident, or other critical health need," said Alameda County Health Officer Dr. Nicholas Moss. "By acting together now we will have the greatest impact on the surge and save more lives."

Modified activities still allowed include:

• Restaurant operations for take-out service, pick-up or delivery
• Indoor retail operations permitted at 20% capacity with entrance metering and no eating or drinking in the stores.
• Outdoor recreational facilities permitted only without any food, drink or alcohol sales.
• Worship services and political expression are permitted outdoor only
• Schools that are already open for in-person learning. No elementary school waivers
• Non-urgent medical and dental care, child care and pre-K sectors are allowed to remain open when a remote option is not possible with appropriate infectious disease preventative measures including 100% masking and physical distancing.
• Leaving your home to work at or patronize any business or other entity that is allowed to be open, to care for friends or family members who require assistance, and with or without a specific destination in mind (for example, to walk your dog, to engage in physical recreation, or simply to get some fresh air) as long as you maintain physical distancing and comply with any other applicable public health directives.

Activities not allowed & facilities to be closed include:

• All gatherings with members of other households
• Hotels and lodging closed except for critical infrastructure support only
• All travel, except for critical services
• Indoor recreational facilities
• Hair salons and barbershops
• Personal care services
• Museums, zoos, and aquariums
• Movie theaters
• Wineries
• Bars, breweries, and distilleries

Read the complete list of Approved Open & Closed Businesses

Please check back on the Alameda County Public Health Department's dedicated COVID-10 website for updates and clarifications: acphd.org/2019-ncov.aspx

For general inquiries, please email ncov@acgov.org or call (510) 268-2101.

If you would like to report a "non-essential" business operating during the Shelter-in-Place Order, please email COVID19compliance@acgov.org.

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