Mumbai Airport (Photo – Ajaya Mahala).
Because of the likelihood of exposure to COVID-19, anyone who traveled outside L.A. County must quarantine for 10 days upon return, per L.A. County Health Department today.
By News Desk
The virus can take up to 14 days to incubate, and for many people the virus causes no illness or symptoms. If you go back to work, go shopping, or go to any gatherings in the next 10 days, you could easily pass on the virus to others.
If you start to experience any symptoms or have a positive test, isolate for 10 days and until you are fever-free for 24 hours.
Safe quarantining
The best way to safely quarantine is to stay in your home, not allow visitors into your home, and find others who can deliver groceries and other necessities. (If you need help during your self-quarantine, such as help getting groceries, call 211 or visit L.A. Public Health website).
Vaccines: Phase 1A
L.A. County Public Health Department continues efforts to safely and effectively deliver COVID-19 vaccines and to build a system that has the capacity to vaccinate prioritized populations.
Tier 1: The first shipments of COVID-19 vaccines are being used to vaccinate the frontline healthcare workers at acute care hospitals, EMTs and paramedics, and the staff and residents at skilled nursing facilities. As of last Saturday, 66,628 frontline healthcare workers at acute care hospitals have received their first dose.
The County began distribution of the Moderna vaccine to skilled nursing facilities at the end of last week, right before the holiday, and continued through the weekend. As of Saturday, 1,748 doses had been administered at skilled nursing facilities. County, City, and curative teams are working together to accelerate vaccinations at skilled nursing facilities over the next two weeks.
Vaccinations at other long-term care facilities, through the federal pharmacy partnership with Walgreens and CVS, are likely to begin in early January.
Tier 2: As L.A. County completes Tier 1, it will begin vaccinations for home health care workers and for healthcare workers at primary care clinics, urgent care clinics and private practices. They will be invited to register for appointments through a secure web-based portal. All healthcare workers will need to show verification prior to vaccination. (View COVID-19 Healthcare Provider Information Hub).
Every week, as the county receives additional doses of vaccine, additional health care workers in Tiers 2 and 3 of Phase 1A will be offered vaccines. These include healthcare personnel engaging in field work, working at specialty clinics, laboratory workers, dental and other oral health clinics, pharmacy staff and vaccinators.
Stay at Home Orders extended
Targeted Stay at Home Orders issued by the State – and adopted by the L.A. County Health Officer – were extended and remain in effect. These orders will remain in effect as long as hospital ICU capacity remains below the 15% threshold established by the State. These orders:
- Prohibit gathering with non-household members.
- Require everyone to stay at home as much as possible.
- Reduce occupancy limits at businesses.
- Require masking and distancing whenever around others.
Outdoor exercise is encouraged if people remain distanced and wear face coverings when around others. The Health Officer Orders also require that all non-essential business and activities cease between 10:00 pm and 5:00 am.
> On Monday, Dec. 28, L.A. County Health Department reported 13,661 new cases of COVID-19. The Department confirmed 73 new deaths, and estimates there are an additional 432 deaths that reflect delayed reporting associated with a Spectrum outage and the Christmas holiday.
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