Mission Viejo Library operations temporarily adjusted due to COVID-19

With an increased number of City staff recently testing positive for COVID-19 – as cases continue to spike in California – the Mission Viejo Library’s hours are being adjusted to available staffing levels.

Out of an abundance of caution, the City is also canceling indoor programming, suspending passport walk-in services and closing the bookstore and genealogy desk.

To keep the library open while short staffed, the facility will close at 6 pm Monday through Thursday. On Friday July 22 and July 29, the library will be closed for deep cleaning and disinfection. Though passport walk-in services will be suspended, additional appointment slots will be available between 9 am and 4 pm each Wednesday and Thursday.

The changes will be in effect for at least two weeks. The shift in operations comes as the number of COVID-19 patients in California hospitals has more than quadrupled in the past three months. As of Thursday, 4,432 patients had COVID, up from a low of 949 on April 16, according to the Orange County Register.

For more information, visit cmvl.org.