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Public urges San Francisco Health Commission to reinstate indoor mask mandate as COVID cases rise
Summary
Deputy Director Navina Bhabha updated commissioners on rising COVID‑19 indicators and a limited monkeypox vaccine supply; multiple callers urged the commission to reinstate an indoor mask mandate, saying a recommendation is insufficient to protect seniors and people with disabilities.
Deputy Director of Health Navina Bhabha told the San Francisco Health Commission the city’s COVID‑19 case rate has recently been elevated and that the BA.4/BA.5 subvariants are circulating locally, creating a risk of plateauing or rising cases. She said hospitalizations have “crept up a little bit” and DPH is monitoring trends closely while continuing vaccination outreach and booster campaigns.
Bhabha said vaccination rates remain high among older residents and that the department has distributed boosters and pediatric doses; she cited a city figure for second boosters distributed and said further data on…
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