For the most up-to-date information on local county schools and COVID-19, visit the Marin County Office of Education Rethinking Schools webpage and our Schools page and check out the School Status Dashboard for the most-up-to-date information on positive cases of COVID-19 in schools across the county.
Cold, influenza and COVID-19 symptoms can be similar. Regardless, keeping a child home that is sick or showing COVID-related symptoms is a good way to reduce the spread of colds and flu within schools. As for others in your household, if your child is showing symptoms, it is important to evaluate your child’s symptoms and possible exposures to COVID-19 when deciding whether other children in your household should stay home. For the most up-to-date information around when children need to isolate or quarantine, visit MCOE's Rethinking Schools website or our Schools page.
If a student or staff member tests positive for COVID-19, the following things should occur:
- Information is reported to school administration.
(Schools and child care facilities may report positive cases to Public Health by following the instructions in the Positive Case Checklist.) - The person either stays home or will be sent home to isolate per Isolation & Quarantine guidance for schools.
If- Symptoms are resolving; and
- The individual has been without fever for at least 24 hours (without the use of medication); and
- The individual has received a negative test result on Day 5;
Then the person may return on Day 6.
- Student families and Staff of the affected cohort are notified by either a phone call or letter.
- Family/household members/contacts of students/staff who were exposed while in school do not need to quarantine.
For more detailed information, visit MCOE's Rethinking Schools website or our Schools page.
Isolation & Quarantine guidance has changed as we have learned more about COVID-19 and its variants.
Visit the Marin County Office of Education's Rethinking Schools: A Public Health Guided Return to Site-Based Classroom Instruction in the Age of COVID-19 webpage for the most up-to-date information around isolation and quarantine guidance for students.
Marin County is aligned with CDPH masking guidance. Effective March 12, 2022:
- Masks will be strongly recommended to be worn by all staff and students while indoors, regardless of vaccination status, but will no longer be required. Face coverings will remain optional outdoors as the risk of transmission is low in most outdoor settings.
- Note: Schools and districts may choose to enforce stricter masking standards by continuing to require masks indoors.
For more detailed information, visit MCOE's Rethinking Schools website or our Schools page.
Visit the CDC COVID-19 information for tips on how to talk to children and teens about COVID-19.
Presently, there is no local masking mandate in Marin County, however, California masking requirements remain in effect. Learn more about the Guidance for the Use of Face Masks in California by visiting the California Department of Public Health's webpage.
Guidance Based on Setting
Everyone is required to wear a mask in the following indoor public spaces, regardless of their vaccination status:
- Health care settings
- Long-term care facilities
- Homeless shelters
- Emergency cooling / heating centers
- State and local correctional facilities and detention centers
Read Get the Most out of Masking to learn how a mask can best protect you.
It depends on the setting.
There are certain public indoor settings where masks are required for everyone, regardless of vaccination status:
- Health Care Settings
- Long-term care facilities
- Homeless shelters
- State and local correctional facilities and detention centers
In indoor public spaces not listed above, masking requirements may vary.
- Businesses may choose to enforce their own policy regarding the universal use of face coverings for all visitors. In those situations, you will need to wear a mask.
- Businesses may choose to not enforce any mask use. In those situations, its strongly recommended that you continue wearing a mask but doing so is ultimately your choice.
For outdoor public settings, masks are not required but are strongly encouraged if the setting is crowded.
Visit the California Department of Public Health's webpage to see the state's current masking requirements.
Yes, however the event host may have additional requirements around proof of vaccination, negative test result, and masking. Remember to check in advance to see if there are additional restrictions or requirements for your event.
Whether your travel is domestic or international, follow CDC travel guidelines for testing, masking, and quarantine. California updated its travel guidance on May 12, 2022 to include the following recommendations:
- Delay travel until you’ve completed a primary vaccination series and boosted
- If you’re not vaccinated and boosted, but choose to travel, get tested before and after
- Non-U.S. citizens and non-U.S. immigrants must be vaccinated to enter the U.S.
- No matter your vaccination status, it’s strongly recommended that you wear a mask while on public transportation or in a transportation hub
- Get tested 3-5 days after returning to California, regardless of your vaccination status
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For information around:
- vaccine verification/negative testing
- capacity limitations
- physical distancing
- masking
- travelers
- and exceptions to mega event guidance
Please visit the California Department of Public Health's webpage for mega-events.
Music and the performing arts are crucial elements to our community’s pandemic recovery. They strengthen the sense of belonging and connection. They also increase the risk of COVID transmission from increased exhalation of respiratory fluids, especially when indoors.
Marin County Public Health recommends using masks when singing indoors. Performers should use the most protective mask that fits well and will be worn consistently. Properly fitted respirators (e.g., KN95 or N95) provide the highest level of protection. Individuals using instruments indoors that cannot be played with a mask (e.g., wind instruments) should use bell coverings and maintain a minimum of 3 feet of physical distancing between participants.
There are no longer any COVID-19 related restrictions regarding pools at the State or County level. Those dissipated with the end of the Blueprint on June 15th, 2021 with California's reopening. Current restrictions related to pools (non-pandemic) can be found on the California Department of Public Health website.