Work in an office? You’ll have to wear a mask past June 15 if you or a coworker is not vaccinated
The states occupational safety board, Cal/OSHA, voted Thursday to keep masks mandatory for employees at work past June 15, unless everyone in the room is fully vaccinated.
But the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board made clear Thursday night that the regulations are only a stopgap while they consider further easing pandemic rules in coming weeks or months.
The board initially voted 4-to-3 to reject any changes to current rules.
But chairman David Thomas said that would have left employers with the current rules, which require masks for all employees, along with social distancing and partitions between employees in certain circumstances.
At the current pace of COVID-19 vaccinations, it will take until late August to reach the target goal of getting 80% of Los Angeles County residents aged 16 and older at least partially vaccinated, roughly one month later than previously thought, according to a new projection released today.
UpdatedWed, Jun 2, 2021 at 6:44 pm PT
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Syringes are prepared for doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic targeting minority community members at St. Patrick s Catholic Church on April 9, 2021 in Los Angeles. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA With COVID-19 vaccination rates slowing across Los Angeles County, health officials don t expect to reach the so-called threshold for herd immunity until August, officials announced Wednesday. Roughly 1.1 Angelenos still need to get their first shot in order to reach that goal.
Despite a slew of prizes, bribes and incentives to draw the reluctant to inoculation clinics, vaccination rates continue to plummet. Officials now estimate that 80% of Los Angeles County residents aged 16 and older won t be vaccinated by the end of July as originally hoped.
SACRAMENTO, Calif.
California is set to fully reopen in less than two weeks and do away with virtually all mask and social distancing requirements for vaccinated people, but those who regulate workplaces in the state aren’t ready to go that far and that has business groups upset.
The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board meets Thursday and will consider new workplace rules that would only allow workers to go maskless if everyone in a room is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. The rules could remain in place into early next year even though coronavirus cases have fallen dramatically after a severe winter spike and as more people are vaccinated.