Health officials have noted that while daily case numbers have been rising, hospitalizations and deaths are still low.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn visited the Commerce Senior Center on Wednesday, April 13, to make a personal appeal for residents to get COVID-19 booster shots, noting the nationwide spread of the BA.2 subvariant of the virus that has led to rising case numbers.
“We are most at risk for getting seriously ill or dying from COVID-19,” she said. “Things are getting more dangerous again. We in L.A. County are keeping our eye on the other cities in this country. The variant is here. … We are monitoring the situation, but already we’re seeing cities like Philadelphia being forced to reinstate their mask mandates as their case counts rise. Everybody needs to get ready and protect themselves by getting boosted.
Hahn noted that she received her second booster last week, and said her office will be sponsoring mobile vaccination clinics throughout southeastern Los Angeles County in the coming weeks to make the shots more accessible to residents.Her comments echoed a statement issued Wednesday by California Public Health Director Dr. Tomás Aragón, who also noted that BA.2 is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the state.
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