
We are taking these actions now in order to contain the spread in our communities, and I urge everyone to take this very seriously.” We know that the faster we flatten the curve, the less time it takes us to move out of the danger zone. We need to do everything we can to prevent our hospital system from becoming overwhelmed and to save lives. We see how quickly it moves and how devastating the effects.

“This is about protecting people’s lives. “Given the steep increase in COVID-19 cases in San Francisco, we must do whatever is necessary in order to get the virus under control,” said Mayor Breed. The City will limit any outdoor gatherings to members of the same household up to 12 people. Real Estate viewings must take place virtually.
CALIFORNIA NEW LOCKDOWN FULL
Out of town visitors who are not essential workers or here for critical infrastructure support must stay in the hotel for the full amount of time required to quarantine. Hotels may remain open for essential workers and critical infrastructure support, including isolation and quarantine. on Sunday December 6, when other amended order becomes operative. This metering system must be in place no later 10 p.m. All other retail, including grocery stores must reduce capacity to 20%, and all indoor businesses that are open to the public, such as retail stores, must create a metering system to manage and enforce indoor customer capacity.

Low contact retail such as pet grooming, electronics or shoe repair services, may only operate in a curbside drop-off context.

Additionally, San Francisco will halt indoor limited personal training in gyms and limit outdoor gyms and outdoor fitness classes to a maximum group size of 12 people at a time, including instructors and participants. on Sunday, December 6, San Francisco will close all personal services, outdoor dining, public outdoor playgrounds, outdoor museums, zoos and aquariums, drive-in theaters, and open-air tour busses and boats. Although San Francisco and the Bay Area have not yet met that threshold, the City in partnership with Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Santa Clara and City of Berkeley, is preemptively implementing these restrictions in an effort to flatten the curve of COVID-19 cases, which continue to surge, and prevent hospitals from being overrun across the region.Īs of 10 p.m. San Francisco and the other Bay Area Counties are opting into the Regional Stay at Home Order that Governor Newsom announced Thursday, December 3 rd for regions with less than 15% capacity in ICU beds. The City’s case rate and hospitalizations continue to increase unabated since late October and are now prompting San Francisco to take further action. Grant Colfax today announced San Francisco will join counties across the Bay Area to impose significant restrictions across the region in an effort to mitigate the current surge in COVID-19 cases. Direct and Indirect Impacts of COVID-19 on Excess Deaths and Morbidity: Executive Summary - 15 July 2020 (UK Government, 2020). PLoS ONE 16, e0252729 (2021).ĭepartment of Health and Social Care, Office for National Statistics, Government Actuary’s Department and Home Office. COVID-19: Make It the Last Pandemic (IPPPR, 2021). Independent Panel on Pandemic Preparedness & Response.

R., Fowler, A., Glazer, T., Handel-Meyer, S. Meyerowitz-Katz, G., Besançon, L., Flahault, A.
