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2021  
December 28, 2021 Contra Costa County Issues Update to Indoor Masking Order
December 27, 2021 Contra Costa Requires COVID-19 Booster Verification for Workers in High-Risk Jobs
December 23, 2021 Appointments Now Required at Contra Costa Health Services COVID-19 Testing Sites
December 20, 2021 Omicron Variant of COVID-19 Detected in Contra Costa County
December 17, 2021 Bay Area Health Officers Urge Boosters to Protect Against Omicron Variant
December 16, 2021 Public Health Nursing Program Awarded Grant for Child Safety Seat Education Program
December 15, 2021 Contra Costa's Local Indoor-Masking Order Remains In Effect with Limited Exceptions for Gyms and Offices
December 6, 2021 Homekey Program Brings Innovative Interim Housing to Contra Costa County
November 29, 2021 Omicron Variant Highlights Importance of COVID-19 Vaccination, Booster Shots
November 1, 2021 Contra Costa County Ready to Vaccinate Children Ages 5-11 Once They're Eligible
October 25, 2021 Many who Received Moderna, Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Now Eligible for Booster Doses
October 14, 2021 Contra Costa to Lift Masking Requirements in Some Indoor Settings on Nov. 1
October 7, 2021 Bay Area Health Officers Issue Criteria for Lifting COVID-19 Indoor Masking Requirements
September 27, 2021 Contra Costa County Plans Efficient, Equitable Rollout of COVID-19 Booster Vaccine
September 14, 2021 COVID-19 Proof of Vaccination or Test Required for Some Contra Costa Businesses
September 2, 2021 Contra Costa Releases COVID-19 Safety Guidance for Youth Sports and Activities
September 2, 2021 Contra Costa Behavioral Health Hosts Virtual Suicide Prevention Community Forum
August 17, 2021 Pittsburg-Based Steel Company Fined $4 Million Dollars Due to Multiple Hazardous Materials/Waste Violations
August 16, 2021 City, County Partner to Provide Free Vaccines Through Mobile Clinic
August 13, 2021 Contra Costa Adds COVID-19 Vaccine Verification Requirement for First Responders
August 3, 2021 CCHS Brings Vaccines to Neighborhoods During National Night Out
August 2, 2021 Bay Area Health Officials Urge Immediate Vaccination and Issue Orders Requiring Use of Face Coverings Indoors to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19
July 27, 2021 Contra Costa Hazardous Materials Commission Seeks Applicants
July 22, 2021 Contra Costa, Santa Clara and San Francisco Public Health Officials Urge Employers to Consider Requiring Employee Vaccination to Promote COVID-Safe Workplaces
July 16, 2021 Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma, and the City of Berkeley Recommend Masking Indoors for Everyone as a Precaution Against Increased Circulation of COVID-19
June 14, 2021 Contra Costa Brings Mobile COVID-19 Vaccine Service to Businesses, Organizations
June 1, 2021 Contra Costa Offers Required School Immunization at its COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics
May 28, 2021 Contra Costa Health Services Stands United Against Hate
May 14, 2021 COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics to Open at Contra Costa County Schools
May 12, 2021 Children ages 12-15 now eligible for vaccination in Contra Costa County
May 7, 2021 Contra Costa Now Offering No-Appointment Service at All its COVID Vaccination Sites
May 5, 2021 Getting vaccinated is the best gift you can give this Mother's Day
May 3, 2021 Contra Costa Now Offering COVID Vaccines to Everyone No Matter Where They Live
April 29, 2021 New Concord Vaccine Sites Help Monument Corridor Protect Against COVID-19
April 26, 2021 Contra Costa County Administers 1 Million COVID-19 Vaccines
April 25, 2021 Joint Statement of the Bay Area Health Officers on the Safe Administration of the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
April 20, 2021 Statement on the Guilty Verdict in George Floyd Murder Trial
April 15, 2021 Walk-in Vaccine Clinics Now Open in Contra Costa County
April 13, 2021 Oakland Coliseum Site Continues to Provide Safe, Effective COVID-19 Vaccine
April 12, 2021 Contra Costa Health Services Pauses Use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine
April 12, 2021 Oakland Coliseum Mega Vaccination Site and Mobile Sites to Remain Active Thanks to Cross-County and State Partnership
April 10, 2021 Contra Costa Residents Ages 16+ Can Now Book Vaccine Appointments at the Oakland Coliseum
April 6, 2021 Contra Costa County Moving into the Orange Tier
March 31, 2021 COVID-19 Drive-Through Vaccination Clinic Opens in Concord
March 30, 2021 Contra Costa Opens Eligibility to those 16+
March 28, 2021 Contra Costa Residents Who are 50+ Encouraged to Request Vaccine Now
March 22, 2021 Hope and Healing Virtual Event Honors Contra Costans lost to COVID-19
March 22, 2021 Contra Costa opens vaccine eligibility to ages 50 and older
March 16, 2021 First Cases of U.K. COVID Variant Detected in Contra Costa
March 15, 2021 Bay Area Health Officers’ Statement About COVID-19 Vaccines
March 12, 2021 Contra Costa Improves to Red Tier, Shows Steady Improvement Since Winter COVID-19 Spike
February 26, 2021 Contra Costa Deputy Health Officer Appointed Deputy Director of the Office of Health Equity at California Department of Public Health by Governor Gavin Newsom
February 18, 2021 Contra Costa Extends COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility to Essential Workers
February 3, 2021 Vaccine Supply Shortages Prompt Public Health Leaders Throughout the Bay Area to Urge Prioritization of Older Adults for Vaccination
January 25, 2021 Regional Stay-at-Home Order Lifted, Contra Costa Returns to Purple Tier
January 22, 2021 Contra Costa County Plans to Administer 1 Million COVID-19 Vaccines by July 4
January 11, 2021 Contra Costa County Ramps Up COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts