Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors President Cindy Chavez gets her flu shot at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. (Jana Kadah/BCN Foundation)

County health care workers will be required to get a flu shot by the end of November under an order issued Wednesday by the county’s top health official.

The order, which takes effect Nov. 1, will require workers to get the annual flu vaccine or, if granted a medical or religious exemption, wear a surgical mask or respirator any time they are indoors.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.