County orders essential workers dealing with public to ware face coverings

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County health officials amended public

health orders today, shutting down park and beach parking lots and mandating

that people in essential industries who interact with the public must wear

facial coverings, effective Friday at midnight.

These industries include pharmacies, grocery stores and gas stations.

Any park or beach still open in the county must close parking lots, making the

space accessible only to residents who can walk there. County Public Health

Officer Dr. Wilma Wooten also said that all group activities such as basketball

and volleyball were prohibit...