Los Angeles Will Not Remove Indoor Mask Mandate Next Week, Despite CA Announcement – Reports
deadline.comEarlier today, California officials announced the state would allow vaccinated residents to be unmasked in most indoor public spaces beginning next week.
Local jurisdictions are allowed to be more stringent with their requirements, however, and it looks like Los Angeles County will be forging its own path on masks.Not long after the state announcement, according to multiple reports the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health indicated that the local mask mandate would not be lifted.
Deadline reached out to the LACDPH, but did not immediately hear back.Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on Thursday outlined a set of conditions that would have to be met for the region to relax its health office order.
The state’s announcement today apparently did not change those stipulations.“This is not the right time to stop wearing our masks indoors and in crowded outdoor settings,” said Ferrer.She said the post-surge trigger for easing some restrictions would be when virus-related hospitalizations fall below 2,500 for seven straight days.
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