The use of masks in closed spaces and vaccination and reinforcements are the areas that the county will focus on in the month of December.
Los Angeles County health authorities announced on Tuesday, December 1, that they do not plan new restrictions related to the appearance of the omicron variant.
“At this time, I think we really have sensible precautions”Said the director of Public Health, Bárbara Ferrer.
The existing COVID-19 rules in the county are already among the strictest in the state of California. They include a blanket mandate for residents to wear a mask in indoor public spaces, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated.
The county also requires customers and employees of bars, wineries, breweries, distilleries, nightclubs and salons to display evidence that they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Similar but broader rules in the city of Los Angeles cover a number of additional businesses, including indoor restaurants, gyms and movie theaters, as the newspaper reported. Los Angeles Times.
Other than that, the 2020 measures, which included business closures and stay-at-home mandates, will not be resumed. The measures this December will be focused on vaccinations, boosters and generalized tests, in the words of President Joe Biden.
The differences between this year and the previous one, authorities said, are in the supply and availability of vaccines, which is much higher and gives a certain degree of protection against omicron, specifically in severe cases and deaths.
The new variant of coronavirus stands out for having around 50 mutations, much more than the previous variantsexplained Dr. Anthony Fauci, Biden’s chief medical advisor for the health emergency. That would make it more infectious than others.
An observation area are nursing homes and their protocols, in which the vaccination rate is high, but not total. That is why the visiting system will be monitored and security will be reinforced. (I)
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