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Calls intensify for DPH to permit indoor nursing‑home visits as city moves to red tier

San Francisco Department of Public Health Commission · March 2, 2021
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Multiple public commenters at the commission urged immediate indoor visitation for nursing‑home and assisted‑living residents, citing high resident vaccination rates and harms from prolonged isolation; commissioners asked DPH for updates on Laguna Honda policies.

Several callers used the public‑comment period to press the Department of Public Health to allow indoor visitation in skilled‑nursing and assisted‑living facilities now that the city is in the red tier and resident vaccination rates are high.

"They've been locked down for the entire year," said Adi Reum, a community activist with the "No Neighborhood Council" group, urging the commission to develop…

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