Mask Mandates Bay Area 2024 Requirements. The orders, which were handed down by individual counties, apply mainly to health care workers, although at least two bay area counties have extended the requirement to visitors and patients. Bay area health officials are encouraging people to put face coverings on amid a rise in viruses like covid, flu and rsv, but don’t expect mask mandates.

Bay area masking up again as mandates go into effect nov. Some bay area counties will once again require face masks to be worn by caregivers in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and other health care facilities during the winter.