Health Officer Orders

• COVID-19 risk reduction order, Updated January 8, 2021
• Isolation & Quarantine, Updated December 22, 2020
• Mandatory face coverings, June 5, 2020
• Screening and masks for licensed facilities, April 16, 2020
• Laboratory test reporting, March 24, 2020

For previously issued Orders that are no longer in effect, see archived COVID-19 Health Orders.

COVID-19 Risk Reduction Order
December 5, 2020 | Effective December 7, 2020 | Updated January 9, 2021

This Order defines the current COVID-19 restrictions on activities and gatherings in the City of Berkeley. It was issued on December 5, 2020 to align local restrictions with the State of California's Regional Stay at Home Order.

It closes outdoor dining, hair salons, barbershops, and other personal care services, museums, movies theaters, wineries and bars, and limited services not included in critical infrastructure, and adds new restrictions to retail, hotels, and other sectors that remain open. It prohibits all social gatherings between people not part of the same household.

This Order was updated on January 8, 2021 to state that these restrictions will remain in effect in Berkeley until the Regional Stay at Home Order is rescinded by the State of California.

Order

• Health Officer Order
• Appendix A: Permitted and prohibited business and activities
• Appendix B: Site-specific protection plan
• Appendix C-1: Small construction project safety protocol
• Appendix C-2: Large construction project safety protocol
• Appendix D: Filming, recording, live streaming, or broadcasting without in-person audiences
• Appendix E: Findings of the City of Berkeley Health Officer

Resources

• What's Open, What's Closed
• CA Regional Stay Home Order (California Department of Public Health)

News

• Intensive care beds shrink to critical level, imposing restrictions across most of state, December 17, 2020
• City, region move faster to adopt state's temporary COVID-19 restrictions, December 5, 2020
• Video: Joint press conference from Bay Area Health Officers announcing immediate implementation of state Regional Stay Home Order, December 4, 2020
• Bay Area Health Officers move to implement the state's new Regional Stay Home Order, December 4, 2020

Isolation & Quarantine
July 15, 2020 | Active

These Orders, issued concurrently, require people who have been diagnosed with or who are likely to have COVID-19 to isolate themselves until at least 1 day has passed since recovery and at least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared. The Orders also require people to quarantine themselves if they have been exposed through close contact with someone who has COVID-19, including household contacts, intimate partners, and caregivers.

Orders

• Public Health Emergency Isolation Order, Updated July 31, 2020
• Public Health Emergency Quarantine Order, Updated December 22, 2020

Resources

• Home isolation instructions: English | Spanish
• Home quarantine instructions: English | Spanish

News

• If you suspect you have COVID-19, isolate yourself at home, August 6, 2020

Mandatory face coverings
June 5, 2020 | Active

Requires everyone to visibly carry face coverings when outside their home, and wear it over their nose and mouth when within 30 feet of others.

Note: Although Berkeley's Order only mandates face coverings for ages 12 and over, the State of California's face covering rules require masks for everyone 2 years and older. When state and local restrictions differ, the stricter of the two rules applies.

Order

• Order requiring members of the public and workers to wear face coverings
• Exhibit A: Sample face covering sign

Resources

• Frequently asked questions
• Downloadable signs

• Face coverings required:

• English 8.5x11 | 11x17
• Spanish 8.5x11 | 11x17

• Everyone must wear a face covering

• English 8.5x11 | 11x17
• Spanish 8.5x11 | 11x17

• Everyone must wear a face covering (English/Spanish)

• 8.5x11 | 11x17

• Everyone must wear a face covering (English/Spanish/Chinese)

• 8.5x11 | 11x17

News

• New health orders allow increased socialization, activities - and requires having face coverings when out, June 5, 2020

Screening and masks for licensed facilities
April 16, 2020 | Active

Requires symptom checks, temperature screenings, face coverings, and other measures on all workers, visitors, and residents at licensed facilities.

Order

• Text of order
• Attachment A
• Attachment B

News

• Masks, symptom checks, and temperature screenings now required at skilled nursing and residential care facilities April 16, 2020

Laboratory test reporting
March 24, 2020 | Active

Required labs to report all COVID-19 test results to state and local public health authorities.

Order

• Text of order
• Exhibit A
• Exhibit B

News

• Seven Bay Area jurisdictions order laboratories testing for COVID-19 to report testing data to state and local authorities March 24, 2020

Questions? Contact covid19@cityofberkeley.info.

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