
STATE UPDATES GUIDANCE ON INDOOR MASKING, TESTING FOR MEGA EVENTS AND TESTING DUE TO TRAVEL
December 14, 2021
In response to rising cases and hospitalizations statewide due to COVID-19 and to slow the spread of the Delta and Omicron variants, the California Department of Public Health has issued the following updated guidance:
- Universal Indoor Masking: Masks are required to be worn in all indoor public settings, regardless of vaccine status, between December 15, 2021 through January 15, 2022
- Testing for Mega Events: Individuals attending Mega Events (indoor crowds of 1,000 or more, or outdoor crowds of 10,000 or more) must provide proof of vaccination, a negative antigen test within one day of the event, or a negative PCR test within two days prior to entry into the event, facility or venue
- Travel Advisory: All travelers arriving in and returning to California from other states or countries are recommended to test for COVID-19 3-5 days after arrival, regardless of vaccination status
The indoor masking requirement will go into effect beginning December 15, 2021, and the State will make further recommendations after January 15.
โAs expected, we are beginning to experience a rise in cases, not only here in Orange County but statewide and nationwide, due to increased holiday gatherings and travel,โ says Dr. Clayton Chau, HCA Director and County Health Officer. โWe support the Stateโs latest measures intended to bring additional protection to us all and our loved ones. As I mentioned before, we have all the tools available to fight the spread of COVID-19 and its variants, through vaccination, testing and prevention measures including masking.โ
Between December 8 and December 13, the seven-day average COVID-19 case rate increased from 7.7 to 9.9 per 100,000 people and the average number of daily COVID-19 cases increased from 250 to 322. There was a slight drop in the positivity rate from 3.4 to 3.2 percent and hospitalizations from 196 to 194, while ICU admissions increased slightly from 59 to 63 per day.
Eligibility for booster doses of the Comirnaty (Pfizer) vaccine are now expanded to individuals ages 16 to 17, who may receive a Pfizer booster dose six months after completing their primary vaccination series.
Residents who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or are eligible for their booster dose are encouraged to access the most convenient option available to them to get their shot. For more information on where to go for a vaccine, visit COVIDVaccineFacts.com and click on โFind a COVID-19 Vaccineโ.
Self-collection, at-home COVID-19 test kits are being distributed to travelers at John Wayne Airport in Terminals A and C and are available at no cost by visiting ochealthinfo.com/covidtest.
For more information on COVID-19 information and resources, including case counts, vaccination and testing in Orange County, visit ochealthinfo.com/covid.
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EL ESTADO ACTUALIZA LAS NORMAS SOBRE MASCARILLAS EN INTERIORES, PRUEBAS PARA MEGA EVENTOS Y PRUEBAS CON MOTIVO DE VIAJES
(Santa Ana, CA) โ En respuesta al aumento de casos y hospitalizaciones en todo el estado debido a COVID-19 y para frenar la propagaciรณn de las variantes Delta y Omicron, el Departamento de Salud Pรบblica de California ha emitido la siguiente guรญa actualizada:
- Mascarilla Universal en Interiores: Se exige el uso de mascarillas en todos los lugares pรบblicos cerrados, independientemente del estado de la vacuna, entre el 15 de diciembre de 2021 y el 15 de enero de 2022
- Pruebas para Mega Eventos: Las personas que asistan a mega eventos (multitudes en recintos cerrados de 1,000 personas o mรกs, o multitudes al aire libre de 10,000 personas o mรกs) deben presentar una prueba de vacunaciรณn, una prueba de antรญgeno negativa en el plazo de un dรญa antes del evento, o una prueba de PCR negativa en el plazo de dos dรญas antes de entrar en el evento, instalaciรณn o lugar de celebraciรณn
- Aviso de Viaje: Se recomienda a todos los viajeros que lleguen y regresen a California desde otros estados o paรญses que se sometan a la prueba de COVID-19 3-5 dรญas despuรฉs de su llegada, independientemente del estado de vacunaciรณn
El requisito del uso de mascarillas en interiores entrarรก en vigor a partir del 15 de diciembre de 2021, y el Estado harรก nuevas recomendaciones despuรฉs del 15 de enero.
“Como era de esperar, estamos empezando a experimentar un aumento de los casos, no sรณlo aquรญ en el condado de Orange, sino en todo el estado y en todo el paรญs, debido al aumento de las reuniones y los viajes durante las fiestas”, dice el Dr. Clayton Chau, Director de HCA y Funcionario de Salud del Condado. “Apoyamos las รบltimas medidas del Estado destinadas a brindar protecciรณn adicional a todos nosotros y a nuestros seres queridos. Como he mencionado antes, tenemos todas las herramientas disponibles para luchar contra la propagaciรณn del COVID-19 y sus variantes, mediante la vacunaciรณn, las pruebas y las medidas de prevenciรณn, incluido el uso de mascarillas.”
Entre el 8 y el 13 de diciembre, la tasa media de casos de COVID-19 en siete dรญas aumentรณ de 7.7 a 9.9 por cada 100,000 personas y el nรบmero medio de casos diarios de COVID-19 pasรณ de 250 a 322. La tasa de positividad descendiรณ ligeramente del 3.4% al 3.2% y las hospitalizaciones pasaron de 196 a 194, mientras que los ingresos en la UCI aumentaron ligeramente de 59 a 63 al dรญa.
La elegibilidad para las dosis de refuerzo de la vacuna Comirnaty (Pfizer) se amplรญa ahora a las personas de 16 a 17 aรฑos, que pueden recibir una dosis de refuerzo de Pfizer seis meses despuรฉs de completar su serie de vacunaciรณn primaria.
Se anima a los residentes que no estรฉn completamente vacunados contra el COVID-19 o que reรบnan los requisitos para recibir su dosis de refuerzo a que recurran a la opciรณn mรกs conveniente que tengan a su alcance para vacunarse. Para obtener mรกs informaciรณn sobre dรณnde ir a vacunarse, visite COVIDVaccineFacts.com y haga clic en “Find a COVID-19 Vaccine”.
Se estรกn distribuyendo kits de prueba de COVID-19 de auto-recolecciรณn a los viajeros en el Aeropuerto John Wayne en las Terminales A y C y estรกn disponibles sin costo alguno visitando ochealthinfo.com/covidtest.
Para obtener mรกs informaciรณn sobre el COVID-19 y recursos, incluyendo el recuento de casos, la vacunaciรณn y las pruebas en el Condado de Orange, visite ochealthinfo.com/covid.
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CHแป DแบชN CแบฌP NHแบฌT CแปฆA TIแปU BANG Vแป VIแปC ฤEO KHแบจU TRANG TRONG NแปI VI CรC Cฦ Sแป, XรT NGHIแปM TRONG CรC CUแปC Lแป HแปI TแบฌP TRUNG ฤรNG NGฦฏแปI Vร XรT NGHIแปM KHI ฤI DU LแปCH
(Santa Ana, CA) โ ฤแป แปฉng phรณ vแปi sแปฑ gia tฤng cรกc trฦฐแปng hแปฃp lรขy nhiแป m vร phแบฃi vร o bแปnh viแปn trรชn toร n tiแปu bang vรฌ COVID-19 vร lร m chแบญm lแบกi sแปฑ lรขy lan cแปงa cรกc biแบฟn thแป Delta vร Omicron, Bแป Y Tแบฟ Tiแปu Bang California ฤรฃ ban hร nh nhแปฏng chแป dแบซn cแบญp nhแบญt sau ฤรขy:
- ฤeo khแบฉu trang trong nแปi vi cแปงa tแบฅt cแบฃ mแปi cฦก sแป: Khแบฉu Trang bแบฏt buแปc phแบฃi ฤeo trong nแปi vi cแปงa tแบฅt cแบฃ mแปi cฦก sแป nฦกi cรดng cแปng, bแบฅt kแป hiแปn trแบกng chรญch ngแปซa cแปงa mแปi cรก nhรขn, kแป tแปซ ngร y 15 thรกng Mฦฐแปi Hai, 2021 cho ฤแบฟn hแบฟt ngร y 15 thรกng Giรชng, 2022.
- Xรฉt Nghiแปm trong cรกc cuแปc Lแป Hแปi Tแบญp Trung ฤรดng Ngฦฐแปi: Cรก nhรขn tham dแปฑ cรกc Lแป Hแปi Lแปn ( ฤรกm ฤรดng tแปฅ tแบญp trong nhร tแปซ 1,000 ngฦฐแปi trแป lรชn, hay ngoร i trแปi tแปซ 10,000 ngฦฐแปi trแป lรชn) phแบฃi xuแบฅt trรฌnh giแบฅy chแปฉng nhแบญn ฤรฃ chรญch ngแปซa, xรฉt nghiแปm antigen รขm tรญnh trong vรฒng mแปt ngร y trฦฐแปc ngร y lแป hแปi, hay mแปt xรฉt nghiแปm PCR รขm tรญnh trong vรฒng hai ngร y trฦฐแปc khi tham dแปฑ lแป hแปi, cฦก sแป hay nฦกi tแปฅ tแบญp.
- Hฦฐแปng Dแบซn Khi ฤi Du Lแปch: Tแบฅt cแบฃ nhแปฏng du khรกch khi tแปi hay trแป vแป California tแปซ cรกc tiแปu bang hay cรกc quแปc gia khรกc ฤฦฐแปฃc khuyแบฟn cรกo phแบฃi xรฉt nghiแปm COVID-19 tแปซ 3 ฤแบฟn 5 ngร y sau khi ฤแบฟn, bแบฅt kแป hiแปn trแบกng chรญch ngแปซa.
Viแปc bแบฏt buแปc ฤeo khแบฉu trang trong nแปi vi cรกc cฦก sแป sแบฝ bแบฏt ฤแบงu cรณ hiแปu lแปฑc kแป tแปซ ngร y 15 thรกng Mฦฐแปi Hai, vร Tiแปu Bang sแบฝ ฤฦฐa ra thรชm nhแปฏng ฤแป nghแป sau ngร y 15 thรกng Giรชng.
Bรกc Sฤฉ Clayton Chau, แปฆy Viรชn ฤแบทc Nhiแปm Y Tแบฟ kiรชm Giรกm ฤแปc Cฦก Quan Y Tแบฟ Cรดng Cแปng Quแบญn Cam phรกt biแปu: โ Nhฦฐ ฤรฃ trรดng ฤแปฃi, chรบng ta bแบฏt ฤแบงu cรณ kinh nghiแปm vแปi mแปt sแปฑ gia tฤng cรกc trฦฐแปng hแปฃp lรขy nhiแป
m, khรดng nhแปฏng chแป cรณ tแบกi Quแบญn Cam mร trรชn toร n thแป tiแปu bang vร toร n quแปc, do sแปฑ gia tฤng viแปc tแปฅ tแบญp trong cรกc ngร y lแป
vร vแบฅn ฤแป ฤi du lแปch. Chรบng tรดi แปงng hแป nhแปฏng biแปn phรกp sau cรนng nhแบฅt cแปงa Tiแปu Bang nhแบฑm mang thรชm sแปฑ bแบฃo vแป cho tแบฅt cแบฃ chรบng ta vร nhแปฏng ngฦฐแปi thรขn yรชu. Nhฦฐ tรดi ฤรฃ lฦฐu รฝ trฦฐแปc ฤรขy, chรบng ta cรณ tแบฅt cแบฃ cรกc dแปฅng cแปฅ ฤแป chแปng lแบกi sแปฑ lรขy lan cแปงa COVID-19 vร nhแปฏng biแบฟn thแป cแปงa nรณ, xuyรชn qua viแปc chรญch ngแปซa, xรฉt nghiแปm vร cรกc biแปn phรกp phรฒng ngแปซa kแป cแบฃ viแปc ฤeo khแบฉu trang.โ
Kแป tแปซ ngร y 8 thรกng Mฦฐแปi Hai cho ฤแบฟn ngร y 13 thรกng Mฦฐแปi Hai, trung bรฌnh bแบฃy ngร y tแปท lแป cรกc trฦฐแปng hแปฃp lรขy nhiแป
m COVID-19 gia tฤng tแปซ 7.7 lรชn ฤแบฟn 9.9 cho 100,000 ngฦฐแปi vร trung bรฌnh mแปi ngร y cรกc trฦฐแปng hแปฃp lรขy nhiแป
m COVID-19 gia tฤng tแปซ 250 lรชn ฤแบฟn 322. Cรณ mแปt sแปฑ giแบฃm nhแบน tแปท lแป dฦฐฦกng tรญnh tแปซ 3.4 xuแปng 3.2 %, phแบฃi vร o bแปnh viแปn tแปซ 196 xuแปng 194, vร ฤiแปu trแป tแบกi trung tรขm khแบฉn trฦฐฦกng ICU gia tฤng nhแบน tแปซ 59 ฤแบฟn 63 mแปi ngร y.
Hแปฃp lแป ฤแป chรญch ngแปซa mลฉi booster cแปงa hรฃng Comirnaty (Pfizer) hiแปn tแบกi mแป rแปng cho cรกc cรก nhรขn tuแปi tแปซ 16 tuแปi cho tแปi 17 tuแปi, thuแปc thร nh phแบงn cรณ thแป ฤฦฐแปฃc nhแบญn chรญch ngแปซa mลฉi booster 6 thรกng sau khi hoร n tแบฅt cรกc mลฉi chรญch ngแปซa trฦฐแปc ฤรณ.
Cรกc cฦฐ dรขn chฦฐa hoร n toร n chรญch ngแปซa COVID-19 hay hแปฃp lแป ฤแป chรญch ngแปซa mลฉi booster ฤฦฐแปฃc khuyแบฟn khรญch tiแบฟp cแบญn vแปi cรกc nฦกi tiแปn lแปฃi cho hแป ฤแป ฤฦฐแปฃc chรญch ngแปซa. Muแปn biแบฟt thรชm chi tiแบฟt ฤแปa ฤiแปm ฤแป ฤแบฟn chรญch ngแปซa, xin vร o COVIDVaccineFacts.com vร nhแบฅn vร o โ Find aCOVID-19 Vaccineโ.
Cรกc dแปฅng cแปฅ xรฉt nghiแปm ฤแป thแปญ tแบกi nhร vร gแปi ฤแบฟn phรฒng thรญ nghiแปm bแบฑng bao thฦฐ cรณ ฤแปa chแป nฦกi nhแบญn, ฤฦฐแปฃc cแบฅp phรกt cho du khรกch tแบกi Phi Trฦฐแปng John Wayne trong khu vแปฑc Terminal A vร C hoร n toร n miแป
n phรญ xin vร o ochealthinfo.com/covidtest.
Muแปn biแบฟt thรชm chi tiแบฟt vแป cรกc thรดng tin COVID-19 vร nhแปฏng tร i nguyรชn, ฤแปa ฤiแปm, kแป cแบฃ cรกc trฦฐแปng hแปฃp lรขy nhiแป
m, chรญch ngแปซa vร thแปญ nghiแปm tแบกi Quแบญn Cam, xin vร o ochealthinfo.com/covid.
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