Amid a new COVID surge fueled by highly contagious subvariants, Los Angeles County is closer to bringing back indoor mask requirements.
LOS ANGELES -- As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, Los Angeles County is getting closer to bringing back an indoor masking mandate.
"I think they do work. But telling people that they must wear them? I think that's where I'm starting to have a problem with that," Lomtadze said. "That's two and a half times higher than it was just two weeks earlier," said L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer."Both BA.4 and BA.5 are of special concern because of their ability to evade prior immunity.""This is real, and the county has indicated that we're heading towards indoor masking again," said L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti."More people have died this year from COVID than flu, than from homicides, than from car accidents combined.
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