Public Health Update

To Marin County Schools

Labor Leaders

November 8, 2021

Ongoing Public Health Update Meetings Through December

Data accessed �11/8/21

Dashboard

11.05.21

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California's masking requirements remain in effect. Everyone must wear masks in the following settings, regardless of vaccination status:

• Public transit
• Hospitals
• Long-term care facilities
• Homeless shelters
• Indoors in K-12 schools, childcare, and other youth settings

Additionally, unvaccinated residents will still need to wear masks in indoor public settings under the state’s face-covering order.

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In some other Bay Area counties, face coverings or masks continue to be required and must be worn over the mouth and nose in all indoor public settings, regardless of vaccination status. Examples of indoor public settings include offices, retail stores, restaurants, bars, theaters, family entertainment centers, conference centers, and State and local government offices serving the public.

Marin’s Mask Mandate Ended 11/1/2021

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Individual businesses / agencies can determine if they would like to implement mask required policies, vaccine verification process or allow self-attestation.

Per the state order….

In settings where masks are required only for unvaccinated individuals, businesses, venue operators or hosts may choose to:

• Provide information to all patrons, guests and attendees regarding vaccination requirements and allow vaccinated individuals to self-attest that they are in compliance prior to entry; or
• Implement vaccine verification to determine whether individuals are required to wear a mask; or
• Require all patrons to wear masks.

No person can be prevented from wearing a mask as a condition of participation in an activity or entry into a business.

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Meeting Guidance

• Consider limiting attendance to a fraction of the maximum allowable capacity set by Fire Codes. Fifty percent capacity can help ensure space between attendees.
• Consider requiring face covering for all attendees in public indoor meetings.
• Provide masks at the door for attendees who may not have one. Conventional disposable paper masks are superior to cloth masks.
• Limiting food and drink consumption during meetings will help ensure proper face covering.
• Consider limiting in person attendance to fully vaccinated individuals.
• Maintain a list of attendees allows notification of potentially exposed individuals if contact tracing reveals COVID-19 transmission may have occurred in a given meeting (30 days).

Meeting Guidance

School-based Testing

1. Schools and districts must have completed enrollment and training in the California COVID-19 K-12 Schools Testing Program
2. Marin County Public Health recommends:
1. Symptomatic testing (e.g., home testing kits)
2. Response-based testing (3 - 5 days after exposure event at school)
3. New Test and Stay | Modified Quarantine option for close contacts
3. Currently no supply of home-based test kits (schools cannot order directly from State; MCPH coordinating new order thru CDPH)
4. Expiry Date on Binax 40 test kits (Oct. 29th, Nov. 7th) officially extended.

Updated CDPH Testing Guidance

Antigen tests are acceptable to determine both the presence or absence of active infection with SARS-CoV-2 in individuals with or without symptoms.

Repeat antigen testing and/or confirmatory molecular testing should be considered in individuals who receive a negative result with an antigen test but have COVID-19 symptoms.

More information is available here.

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Primary Health

CDPH Testing Task Force

• Taking steps to migrate reporting system aligned with CDPH
• Working on Migrating / Uploading Marin Pilot data to Primary Health
• Consent Forms will be required, and we will need your assistance
• Details to follow
• Schools must enroll in state testing program (Link)
• California Safe Schools for All Hub

Pilot Antigen Testing

Data

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Please make sure parents and staff report results!

Public School Antigen Test �Reporting Data

Private, Independent and Parochial School �Antigen Test Reporting Data

Vaccination Boosters For School Staff �(Pfizer, Second dose 6+ months ago)

• Northgate Shopping Mall Vaccination Clinic now open to school staff
• Walk in or appointments
• Tuesday - Wednesday 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm
• Thursday - Saturday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
• Other options available through the HHS Web Site or Health Care Providers

Vaccinations by Age

Data accessed �11/8/21

** First upload of 5-11 data expected soon!

Pediatric Super PODS

1,000 - 1,200 Doses (approximately 9:00 am - 5:00 pm)

In collaboration with Safeway Pharmacy

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Pediatric School Day PODS

Pediatric Mini PODS

Same Day as Super PODS, alternate Geographic Location 200-400 Doses (approximately 9:00 am - 2:00 pm)

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Questions?