Christian Carlos. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P].
Today, the Los Angeles County, California, Department of Public Health issued a statement that, since the average threshold of 4,500 confirmed cases of COVID-19 per day was exceeded, additional and stronger containment measures will be taken to slow the spread of the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which originated a year ago in a market in Wuhan, China.
In particular, the director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Dr. Barbara Ferrer, offered her heartfelt condolences to those families who have been affected by this "terrible virus.
"We hope that the residents of Los Angeles County will continue to follow the safety measures of the Department of Public Health, measures that, we know, can stop contagion. Acting with collective urgency is essential if we are to stem this tide," he said, calling on them over the next three weeks to "please stay home as much as possible and not to meet with others outside of your home.
The following measures will come into force as of this Monday, November 30 and will continue for three more weeks, that is, until at least December 20:
- MeetingsThe following are prohibited: All public and private meetings with individuals who do not belong to the same household. Exceptions are made for religious services and protests, which are rights protected by the Constitution
- BusinessMasks: Mandatory use of masks and physical distance of at least 6 feet (2 meters):
- Essential retail business with a 35% maximum occupancy.
- Non-essential businesses with non-essential retail sales -including shopping centers in closed spaces- with a 20% maximum occupancy rate.
- Personal care services with a 20% maximum occupancy.
- Libraries, with a 20% maximum occupancy rate
- Outdoor training centers with a 50% maximum occupancy
- Museums, galleries, zoos, aquariums, outdoor botanical gardens with a 50% maximum occupancy.
- Miniature golf courses, batting cages, go-karts outdoors with 50% maximum occupancy.
- Outdoor recreation activities will require the mandatory use of a mask -except for swimming-, practicing also physical distancing:
- Beaches, trails and parks remain open; meetings with people from outside the home are prohibited.
- Golf courses, tennis courts, archery fields, skate parks, bicycle paths and community gardens remain open to individuals or members of a single family.
- Community pools can only be opened for stationary swimming limited to one person per lane.
- Drive-ins/events/parades are allowed as long as the occupants of each car are members of a family.
- Schools:
- All schools and day camps remain open following reopening protocols. K-12 schools and day camps with one case of VOC-19 - 3 or more cases in 14 days - must remain closed for 14 days.
- Full lockdown:
- Playgrounds (except nursery and school playgrounds)
- Poker rooms.
- Due to the high infection ratesThe restaurants, bars, breweries and wine cellars will have to limit their access but not their service: so they can still offer takeaway food. Breweries and wineries remain open for retail sales with an occupancy rate of 20%.
For more information, please visit: http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov.
