{"id":"MET-DCM-062","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Northern Virginia (five health districts)","state":"MD","metro":"DCM","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Northern Virginia Health Directors (to the Northern Virginia Mayors, Chairs and Chief Administrative Officers)","authority":"Local health directors\u0027 advisory authority; CDC guidance of July 27, 2021","instrument":"Updated Interim Recommendations for Mask Wearing in Northern Virginia","title":"Memorandum: Updated: Interim Recommendations for Mask Wearing in Northern Virginia (August 3, 2021)","dateIssued":"2021-08-03","effective":"2021-08-03","end":"Post-period","startDate":"2021-08-03","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","QUAR","OTHER"],"addressees":["all individuals in Northern Virginia","local governments"],"clause":"Currently all northern Virginia jurisdictions are experiencing substantial disease transmissions and are trending upwards in their average number of daily cases. Based on this, the five Northern Virginia Health Departments recommend that individuals wear masks while indoors regardless of vaccination status, in government and other public settings.... Exposed individuals who are not fully vaccinated should continue to quarantine for 14 days as directed by public health.","enforcement":"Recommendation; the quarantine direction reflects the State Health Commissioner\u0027s isolation and quarantine authority","functions":["CB and WF indoor masking in Q3 2021","WF 14-day quarantine of exposed unvaccinated workers"],"notes":"A recommendation, not an order; it is the predicate recited in the Fairfax Circuit Court\u0027s Aug. 4, 2021 order and in the Virginia localities\u0027 facility mask rules of August 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.alexandriava.gov/uploadedFiles/health/info/covid19/NoVAHealthDirectorsMaskUse08032021.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210804004139/https://www.alexandriava.gov/uploadedFiles/health/info/covid19/NoVAHealthDirectorsMaskUse08032021.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":155410,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-DCM","url":"/library/MET-DCM-062","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-DCM-062","citation":"Northern Virginia Health Directors (to the Northern Virginia Mayors, Chairs and Chief Administrative Officers), Updated Interim Recommendations for Mask Wearing in Northern Virginia (Aug. 3, 2021) (Ex. MET-DCM-062)","stateName":"Maryland","related":[]}