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The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has extended an air quality alert through Monday, September 14. Some parts of Alameda County have Unhealthy or Very Unhealthy air.

When air quality is Very Unhealthy, everyone, especially children, older adults and those w/ breathing or heart issues, should stay indoors with windows and doors closed. Go to http://www.baaqmd.gov/ for info, and http://www.acphd.org/air-quality.aspx for tips.

To reduce smoke exposure during COVID-19 Shelter-In-Place, consider creating a clean room in the home: https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/create-clean-room-protect-indoor-air-quality-during-wildfire.

The best way to protect from COVID-19 and poor air quality is to stay indoors. Cloth and surgical masks do not protect from smoke, but do protect from COVID-19. N95 masks should only be used by those who do not have the option to stay indoors.

The current advisory may be extended. Current Air Quality can be found at: https://www.airnow.gov/ and https://www.baaqmd.gov. 

Health Information can be found at our Public Health page at: http://www.acphd.org/air-quality.aspx. See Frequently Asked Questions about Smoke and Your Health, including COVID-19 Protection, here: http://www.acphd.org/media/597038/wildfire-smoke-and-your-health-faqs-eng-2020.08.28.pdf. 

For more information, follow @AirDistrict, @Dare2BWell, @AlamedaCoAlert and @NWSBayArea on Twitter.