An indoor masking mandate for Santa Barbara County will go into effect for all people, regardless of vaccination status, at 5 p.m. Friday, according to the Public Health Department.
The new mandate comes as the county has seen a recent surge in cases associated with the highly transmissible Delta variant. The mandate will be preceded by a new health officer order, which is expected to be released on Wednesday.
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