Cupertino Coronavirus Response Update March 31

Press release from the City of Cupertino:

March 31, 2020

Please see today's COVID-19 daily report at www.cupertino.org/coronavirus. One major addition:

Santa Clara County Shelter-in-Place Order Extended to May 3, 2020
The Santa Clara County Public Health Department has extended its Stay-at-Home order to May 3, 2020. The order can be found here. The Public Health Department has also updated its FAQ page.

New restrictions include:

• Use of playgrounds, dog parks, public picnic areas, and similar recreational areas is prohibited. These areas must be closed to public use.
• Use of shared public recreational facilities such as golf courses, tennis and basketball courts, pools, and rock walls are prohibited. These facilities must be closed for recreational use.
• Sports requiring people to share a ball or other equipment must be limited to people in the same household
• Requires essential businesses to develop a social distancing protocol before April 3
• Most construction—residential and commercial—is prohibited
• Funerals limited to no more than 10 people attending
• Essential businesses expanded to include service providers that enable residential transactions (notaries, title companies, Realtors, etc.); funeral homes and cemeteries; moving companies, rental car companies and rideshare services that specifically enable essential activities
• Essential businesses that continue to operate facilities must scale down operations to their essential component only

This press release was produced by the City of Cupertino. The views expressed here are the author’s own.