A California county has issued an order that face masks must now be worn inside certain healthcare facilities due to the "risk of COVID, flu and other respiratory virus-related illnesses" over fall and winter months. Sonoma County interim health officer Dr. Karen Smith issued the order on Monday, and the mandate will come into effect on November 1. Newsweek contacted the Sonoma County Department of Health by email outside of regular working hours. The order is designed to protect the county's "

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