COVID LATEST: A week after federal health officials dropped Los Angeles County into the “low” transmission category, new COVID cases and hospitalizations continue to fall.
The state school masking requirement ends March 11, though individual school districts can decide to require them. LAUSD will keep masks for the rest of the school year.
Ferrer said there were four classroom outbreaks in the past week. Schools must continue to require that COVID-19 cases isolate, and a negative test result is required If they want to exit isolation after day five. Whenever there's an exposure at a shared indoor space, schools can opt for group or individual contact tracing. But in either case, quarantine must continue for five days.COVID Treatments Arrive At Some L.A.
It’s the first wave of President Biden’s “Test to Treat” initiative and a key feature of the administration’s national COVID preparedness plan.
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