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California clarifies COVID mask mandate: Wear one anytime you’re near others

by The AV Times Staff • November 17, 2020

LOS ANGELES – As part of its stepped-up response to a surge in COVID-19 cases, California is tightening its requirements for face coverings, issuing revised rules that mandate everyone wear a mask at all times outside the home when within six feet of people from other households.

The revised guidance issued Monday states that residents “must wear face coverings when they are outside the home,” unless they are more than six feet away from other people.

People who are outdoors but not close to anyone else do not have to wear a mask, but they must have one with them to put on in case they come within six feet of other people. The rules apply to anyone aged 2 or older, but exempt people with specific medical conditions and those who are hearing impaired or communicating with a hearing-impaired person.

Other exemptions to the rule include:

— people in a car alone or with members of their own household;

— people working alone in an office or room;

— people who are “actively eating or drinking”; and

— workers who must wear respiratory protection.

The state has long called on residents to wear face coverings in public, particularly while in close contact with others. The new rules broaden previous guidance that provided recommendations on when people should wear masks.

The state rule essentially mirrors the guidance in Los Angeles County, which says residents “should use a clean face covering anytime they will be in contact with other people who are not household members in public or private spaces.”

Information on the revised state guidance is available at: https://covid19.ca.gov/masks-and-ppe/

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Filed Under: Health, Home, Los Angeles County

8 comments for "California clarifies COVID mask mandate: Wear one anytime you’re near others"

  1. Mask says

    November 18, 2020 at 12:48 am

    I wear a mask when I am home alone.

  2. Bernard says

    November 17, 2020 at 9:34 pm

    Coronavirus is on schedule to evanescence, immediately after Bejing-Biden’s inaugurated. Then thereafter, the narrative shifts back, to psy-ops (e.g., Civil War reparation; Critical Race Theory indoctrination, for all conservatives) –

  3. Bri says

    November 17, 2020 at 6:24 pm

    Good luck trying to enforce this haha.

  4. Lori says

    November 17, 2020 at 3:53 pm

    In otherwards..be a puppet ..Governor Newsome’s puppet..thank God I live in TEXAS!!!!!!

    • Claire says

      November 17, 2020 at 4:27 pm

      Apparently you’re not aware of the grim stats in TEXAS.

      • Deplorable says

        November 17, 2020 at 5:40 pm

        Really
        0h Please call LA CA hospital..
        1.3 MILLION live in the Valley..
        Clair get Educated. Math dose not lie .
        3,675 infected
        1.3 MILLION live in just in the valley .Make this very clear .
        I WILL NOT N DONT LIVE UNDER HITLER NEWSOME..
        you will not fine
        You will not put me in Jail Hitler
        WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE POWER

    • Laughing says

      November 17, 2020 at 4:43 pm

      Kick rocks

    • Wear Your Mask Despite Newsom says

      November 17, 2020 at 4:57 pm

      Despite Newsom’s hypocritical actions I will wear my mask. I won’t go to swanky French restaurants for birthday parties and I won’t change the color tiered system in the middle of a pandemic to further confuse the people, but I will wear my mask.

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