Placer County Urging High-Quality Masks As Delta Surge Overwhelms Hospitals, Closes Classrooms

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AUBURN (CBS13) — A surge successful the coronavirus delta variant is overwhelming hospitals and temporarily closing down classrooms successful Placer County.

The uptick successful cases has wellness officials recommending high-quality masks for everyone, whether they’re vaccinated oregon not.

“Really urging radical to benignant of treble down connected each the layers of protection,” said Placer County Interim Health Officer Dr. Rob Oldham. “I toured 1 of our hospitals earlier this week and they’re exhausted.”

Dr. Oldham says much young unvaccinated radical successful their 20s and 30s are being hospitalized arsenic the delta variant surges. COVID cases are taking up astir one-third of infirmary beds successful the county, which is the second-highest complaint successful California. The uptick is besides taking clasp successful schools and forcing immoderate to temporarily adjacent down classrooms.

“That astir ne'er happened past schoolhouse year, and it benignant of reinforces for america however delta is truthful antithetic and is capable to dispersed overmuch much efficiently,” said Dr. Oldham.

A precocious schoolhouse successful Sutter County is echoing those concerns. Just arsenic students got backmost into the plaything of things astatine East Nicolaus High School, a spike successful COVID cases unopen down the field for astir 2 weeks. The superintendent posted a missive online reading. successful part:

“I privation to accent that this field closure is lone for 8 days of acquisition and we are hoping and expecting our students and unit to proceed done this play with our eyes connected returning to fulltime successful idiosyncratic acquisition connected Sept. 7th.”

The conflict to get past the pandemic is taking a toll crossed Northern California arsenic wellness officials proceed to impulse vaccinations and masking up.

“People request to cognize that determination are consequences. Our hospitals are truly struggling and perchance our schools, they’re stretched too,” said Dr. Oldham.

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Dr. Oldham points retired portion galore were hard-pressed to find surgical and KN95 masks astatine the commencement of the pandemic, you’re present capable to find them successful galore section pharmacies.