El Dorado County officials announced Friday they would be issuing an order to stop nonessential travel to South Lake Tahoe amid the coronavirus outbreak. The no-travel order was issued by the El Dorado County Public Health Officer Dr. Nancy Williams in response to an increase in people traveling to the Lake Tahoe area. The order is meant to reduce the number of visitors and other non-fulltime residents in the basin. “Visitors whom we enthusiastically welcome during normal times are further impacting an already decreased availability of essential supplies and food, and putting the entire Lake Tahoe population at greater risk of being able to receive proper health care,” Williams said in a statement.“It’s time to take this very strong message to those who are not already residing in South Lake Tahoe: if you have no essential function and you are here, please go home; if you have no essential function and you are not here, please stay home."The order will remain in place until April 30.

El Dorado County officials announced Friday they would be issuing an order to stop nonessential travel to South Lake Tahoe amid the coronavirus outbreak.

The no-travel order was issued by the El Dorado County Public Health Officer Dr. Nancy Williams in response to an increase in people traveling to the Lake Tahoe area.


The order is meant to reduce the number of visitors and other non-fulltime residents in the basin.

“Visitors whom we enthusiastically welcome during normal times are further impacting an already decreased availability of essential supplies and food, and putting the entire Lake Tahoe population at greater risk of being able to receive proper health care,” Williams said in a statement.

“It’s time to take this very strong message to those who are not already residing in South Lake Tahoe: if you have no essential function and you are here, please go home; if you have no essential function and you are not here, please stay home."

The order will remain in place until April 30.