Los Angeles County leaders today again decried a weekend protest that forced a temporary closure of the Dodger Stadium COVID-19 vaccination site, saying nobody should prevent people from accessing medical services.
Despite heated opposition and vows of resistance from some restaurant owners and elected officials, there is increasing evidence that California’s latest stay-at-home order, including a ban on outdoor dining, worked to turn around a deadly surge of the coronavirus.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced
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As coronavirus case numbers fall and California’s restaurants dust off their patios and set up sidewalk seating, it’s worth taking a look back at the latest stay-at-home order to ask:
Did the ban on outdoor dining make a difference?
The ban became a political flashpoint this fall and winter, as restaurants hanging on by a thread lost a desperately needed lifeline, and a pandemic-weary public lost its patience with confusing regulations that allowed indoor malls to remain open, while outdoor restaurant operations had to close.
By City News Service
Feb 3, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Daily COVID-19 case numbers continued tumbling today in Los Angeles County, but the death toll climbed above the 17,000 mark, with more than 200 new fatalities.
The county Department of Public Health announced 205 virus deaths on Tuesday, while Long Beach reported 13 fatalities and Pasadena added seven, raising the countywide cumulative total from throughout the pandemic to 17,077. Health officials noted that more than 7,000 COVID deaths have been reported over the past month, matching the total number of virus deaths that occurred between February and October of last year.
But while fatalities mounted in response to the winter surge of cases that began in November, the number of newly confirmed infections continued to fall. The county announced 3,763 new infections on Tuesday, down substantially from the early January totals that regularly topped 10,000.
By City News Service
Feb 2, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County leaders today again decried a weekend protest that forced a temporary closure of the Dodger Stadium COVID-19 vaccination site, saying nobody should prevent people from accessing medical services.
“I would urge folks who want to make their point of view heard that they respect the right for people to seek their medical treatment, because we re going to be protecting that right at all of our sites, county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said. “It s fine for people to express their views peacefully, but it is not OK to impede the ability of people to get any kind of medical services. So I want to just reassure the public that s coming to our vaccination sites that it ll be safe.