Tourists don face masks in San Francisco. Several Bay Area counties are now requiring face coverings to be worn in public. (Photo by Steve Disenhof/Pro Bono Photo)

With a number of Bay Area counties and some cities issuing rules requiring the use of face coverings in public as tentative steps are taken to reopen the economy amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, Santa Clara County officials are adopting a somewhat less restrictive approach.

Santa Clara County on Friday announced new guidance “strongly urging” the public to wear non-medical face coverings when outside.

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