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A Covid Test Is No Longer Required Of Unvaccinated Los Angeles Workers

Los Angeles Eases COVID Protocols: City Workers Get a Reprieve from Mandatory Testing On Tuesday, a city directive that said Los Angeles City employees who hadn't had the COVID-19 vaccine had to take a test was officially revoked. The 13 members of the Los Angeles City Council got rid of the COVID test law for employees,...

California Does Not Require The COVID-19 Vaccination For Public Schools

California Shifts Stance on School Vaccinations: Recommends, But Doesn't Mandate COVID-19 Shots After the COVID state of emergency was declared over on February 28, the state of California decided that it would no longer require pupils to have the vaccine in order to attend school. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) considered adding the COVID-19...

Public Health Recommends Outdoor Proms To Ensure Safety

With the school year ending and prom night season coming, the Department of Public Health has recommended moving proms from indoors to outdoors for safety. Lockdowns kept proms from happening during the earlier two academic years, and it will be challenging for schools to put proms together during an epidemic period. Director of Public Health...

DOJ Appeals Against Choice To Lift Mask Order For Travel

On April 20, 2022, the CDC told the Department of Justice to appeal against Judge Kathryn Mizelle’s decision that canceled the mask ordinance for airports, trains, buses, airlines, and more. The US Justice Department is submitting a formal request to overturn the decision of the judge to lift the federal government ordinance for travel. The...

LA Plans On Easing Outdoor Mask Ordinance ‘Post Surge’

When coronavirus disease metrics keep coming down, Los Angeles County (LAC) plans on easing the existing outdoor mask order immediately after the hospitalization count stays below 2,500 for seven days. When the county reaches that many coronavirus hospitalizations for a week, The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health would make face masks not necessary...

LAUSD Schools Ban Cloth Masks

The Los Angeles Unified School District will not permit the utilization of cloth face masks any longer. The move is part of LAUSD-wide masking regulations, which require higher-grade face masks featuring nose bridge wires. The LAUSD regulation applies to staffers and students; LAUSD employers must wear at least surgical-grade face masks whether they go outdoors...

CDC Makes Quarantine Time For COVID-19 5 Days Fewer

The CDC has recommended a quarantine period of five days for COVID-19 instead of ten days. When gathering information about the coronavirus Omicron strain, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has discovered that transmission happens mainly during the early phase of experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. So, the US CDC is suggesting not only a...

LAUSD To Postpone Vaccination Mandate For Students

The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education members voted to postpone its vaccination mandate for students until the 2022 fall term. According to the original mandate, every student aged 12 years and above had to get fully vaccinated on or before January 10, 2022, which will mark the beginning of the springtime term. Up...

LAUSD Fires 496 Workers For Their Vaccination Rule Compliance Failure

LAUSD dismissed around 500 people from their jobs as they failed to comply with its coronavirus vaccination rules. It has about 73,000 staffers. Before their terminations, it put many of those workers on unpaid leaves after they failed to meet the deadline for vaccination. Interim Superintendent of LAUSD Megan Reilly regarded getting the workers fired...

Coronavirus Leads To USC Versus Cal Game Postponement

The football game between California Golden Bears and USC Trojans has been postponed thanks to a coronavirus outbreak in the former team. Athletic director of California Golden Bears Jim Knowlton announced this piece of news and stated that some players of his team were tested COVID-19 positive. Knowlton stated that the decision to postpone the...