By City News Service
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A coalition of Los Angeles-area unions are calling today for a sweeping four-week countywide lockdown next month to bring the surge of COVID-19 cases and deaths under control.
“Healthcare workers throughout Los Angeles are reaching their breaking point. They are understaffed, overworked and inundated with patients fighting for their lives, Sal Rosselli, president of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, said in a statement. “COVID-19 cannot be allowed to spread following the December holidays the way it spread after Thanksgiving. We all have to work together to keep this from getting worse, and that starts with people having the financial security to stay home.