COVID-19 testing center (Photo – Vincent De Groot)
L.A. County announced the Angelenos in Action text-based survey to monitor COVID-19 symptoms across LA County.
By News Desk
The Angelenos in Action aims at capturing potential spikes and trends in real-time to assist Public Health workers appropriately allocate resources to affected communities.
Adults (18 years and older) living in Los Angeles County, who have access to a cell phone, and can send and receive text messages, can volunteer for the survey. Interested residents can enroll by visiting the Public Health website or by text @PROTECT to 35134. Currently the survey is available in English and Spanish.
The survey is confidential, consists of five questions, should take less than a minute to complete, and helps Public Health understand the spread of COVID-19 and how to better support community residents.
How does it work?
The Angelenos in Action program is completely voluntary. To participate, LA County residents over the age of 18 can text @PROTECT to 35134. For Spanish, text @PROTEGER to 35134.
Angelenos in Action is planned to track the COVID-19 pandemic for at least 20 weeks, and is meant to measure the number of people in Los Angeles that have COVID-19-like symptoms at any moment. The Public Health Department explains that the data will only be used for Public Health purposes and will be protected as required by law. The data of individuals will not be shared, and the Department of Public Health intends to publish only summary information that does not include individual identifiers.
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