Starting today, mask requirements will be lifted in several areas across L.A. County, including public transit, correctional facilities and homeless shelters. Here's what you need to know:
With COVID-19 transmission falling, face masks will no longer be required on buses, trains and other mass transit vehicles in Los Angeles County starting Friday, nor will they be mandated at airports and other transportation hubs.With COVID-19 transmission falling, face masks will no longer be required on buses, trains and other mass transit vehicles in Los Angeles County starting Friday, nor will they be mandated at airports and other transportation hubs.
County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said transit masks will remain only "strongly recommended" as long as the county stays in the federal government's "low" COVID activity level and the weekly infection rate remains below 100 new cases per 100,000 residents. The change to the transit masking rule will coincide with Friday's overall easing of mask rules in the state and county. The easing means that masks willLos Angeles County will also lower its general indoor masking guidance from "strongly recommended" to "individual preference."Masks, however, will continue to be required in health care, long-term care and adult/senior care facilities.
County officials have said about 43% of patients with COVID were actually hospitalized due to virus-related illness, while the rest were admitted for other reasons, with some only learning they were infected when they were tested upon admission.
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