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SAN FRANCISCO | The City by the Bay became the first major U.S. municipality to require proof of vaccination for the coronavirus to enter indoor bars, restaurants, clubs, theaters and entertainment venues, as well as indoor gyms and other fitness establishments.
The order does not however include individuals ordering or picking up food or drinks to go.
Businesses will be required to check a person’s ID and vaccination card match before allowing anyone indoors. Customers will have the option of showing their actual vaccination card or a photo of it.
In a press conference announcement, San Francisco Mayor London Breed said, “We are not out of the woods as it relates to COVID, we are still going through it. Of course, we’re sick and tired of it, but it’s not sick and tired of us.”
The new health order no longer allows a negative COVID test to be considered an exemption to being fully vaccinated.
The mayor went on to note that “We don’t want people to think, a family of four with two kids seven years old that you can’t go to a restaurant – you can,” said Breed. “We know that your children cannot be vaccinated, but the parents will need to be.”
The Health order additionally creates a new proof of vaccination requirement for large events at indoor venues, requiring attendees who are age 12 or older at events with 1,000 people or more to provide proof of vaccination.
The health order will extend vaccination requirements to certain health care providers — including workers at adult day centers, residential care facilities, dental offices, home health aides and pharmacists, who are not included in the state health order on vaccinations.
San Francisco’s mask mandate remains in place. The Director of Health for the City and County of San Francisco Dr. Grant Colfax put the mask mandate in place to deal with the rapid spread of the delta variant.
