The Health Officer of Alameda County has put in place a shelter-in-place order, effective last Tuesday, March 17, to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. 

For more information on the details of this public health order, see www.acphd.org/2019-ncov/press-release.aspx and click on the link next to the date labeled March 16. Within the press release there is a link for the list of “essential activities.” 

A shelter-in-place order affected five other Bay Area counties besides Alameda and was expected to impact some 6.7 million people and countless “non-essential” businesses.