After careful review of 15 applications, the County of Sonoma Department of Health Services has approved one local school – Presentation School in Sonoma – to move forward with its waiver request to reopen for in-person instruction.

The County of Sonoma has awarded $2.37 million to local nonprofits for Sonoma County residents whose ability to pay rent has been impacted by COVID-19, as well as to low-income landlords who have lost income as a result of COVID-19.

The Sonoma County Department of Health Services’ Latinx Health Work Group has selected the nonprofit group On The Move to develop and implement a large-scale outreach and education campaign in response to the adverse and disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 within the local Latinx and indigenous communities.

On September 23, Sonoma County’s Health Officer, Dr. Sundari Mase, issued an amended health order to align the existing local health order with the state’s revised framework for reopening.

Sonoma County Health Officer, Dr. Sundari Mase, will provide an online community briefing regarding COVID-19 in Sonoma County on Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m.

Sonoma County is working with new partners to provide a non-congregate site (NCS) for unsheltered individuals at high-risk of serious complications if they contracted COVID-19, and an alternate care site (ACS) for individuals diagnosed with mild or moderate coronavirus and those awaiting test results and who have no place to isolate or quarantine safely and expand sheltering capacity as the number of cases in the County continue to rise.

An antibody test looks for antibodies, which show if you’ve had a previous viral infection. The antibody test isn’t checking for the virus itself. Instead, it looks to see whether your immune system — your body’s defense against illness — has responded to the infection. Depending on when someone was infected and the timing of the test, the test may not find antibodies in someone with a current COVID-19 infection.

The County of Sonoma Public Health developed the SoCo COVID-19 Check app, which allows businesses to verify that employees do not have Coronavirus symptoms before reporting to work. Learn more about the App or alternative reporting options.