Coronavirus Shelter-In-Place: Residents In 6 Bay Area Counties Ordered To Stay Home

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Bay Area residents across six Bay Area counties have been ordered to “shelter in place” until early April, according to an announcement from county officials Monday.

The order applies to all residents in the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Santa Clara, San Mateo, and San Francisco. The six counties are home to more than 6.7 million people. Napa, Solano and Sonoma were not immediately included in the order.

The order goes into effect beginning at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, directing people to stay home and keep away from others as much as possible over the next three weeks, .

During a news conference at City Hall, San Francisco Mayor London Breed said the three-week order is the “new normal, temporarily to protect public health.”

“These measures will be disruptive to day-to-day life, but there is no need to panic. Essential government services like our police, our fire, out transit and sanitation will continue,” Breed said.

“Grocery stores, and pharmacies, and banks, and gas stations will remain open. Restaurants will be open for takeout only,” she said, adding that non-essential businesses like bars and gyms will close at midnight.