The current shelter-in-place order will extend until May 3 for Santa Clara County to continue preventing the spread of COVID-19, according to an order released by the county Department of Public Health this afternoon.
The updated order, effective at 11:59 p.m. on March 31, continues the prohibition of non-essential travel and includes all previous social-distancing protocols as well as the following new limitations:
Use of playgrounds, dog parks, public picnic areas, and similar recreational areas is prohibited. These areas must be closed to public use.
Use of shared public recreational facilities such as golf courses, tennis and basketball courts, pools, and rock walls is prohibited. These facilities must be closed for recreational use.
Sports requiring people to share a ball or other equipment must be limited to people in the same household
Requires essential businesses to develop a social distancing protocol before April 3
Most construction—residential and commercial—is prohibited
Funerals limited to no more than 10 people attending
Essential businesses expanded to include service providers that enable residential transactions (notaries, title companies, realtors, etc.); funeral homes and cemeteries; moving companies, rental car companies and rideshare services that specifically enable essential activities
Essential businesses that continue to operate facilities must scale down operations to their essential component only
The full press release can be found here.
Featured Photo by Madeleine Kelly.