Los Angeles County to require face masks at major outdoor events

nme.com:

coronavirus cases in the US continue to rise, with the county reporting 2,907 new cases yesterday (August 17, via the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health).The order, which you can read in full here, comes into force in the county tomorrow (August 19) at 11:59pm, and will apply to both indoor and outdoor major events (5,000 minimum capacity for indoor, 10,000 minimum for outdoor).Attendees must “wear face masks at all times, except when actively eating or drinking,” the order states, with the latter point defined as “the limited time during which the mask can be removed briefly to eat or drink, after which it must be immediately put back on”.“As the highly infectious Delta variant continues to spread, wearing masks — regardless of.