L.A. County Department of Public Health (LADPH) reported over 8,000 new coronavirus cases Thursday, bringing the past week’s average of new cases down nearly 30 percent from the previous week.
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Los Angeles’ top health department official urged the film and TV industry to pause production until the end of the month.
While most studios had put many shows on an extended hiatus until this week, L.A. County Department of Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer has asked for the pause to continue until the end of the month.
“We’re going to ask that everyone continue to do their very best, halt those activities that aren’t absolutely essential until we get to the end January and we can be certain that we’re starting to actually see significant reduction in transmission,” Ferrer said in a news conference Wednesday.
How Did the Vaccine Rollout Become Such a Wreck?
From federal failures to local blunders, a look at where things stand, what went wrong, and why change may be a ways off
In December, when a pair of coronavirus vaccines received emergency approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, there was a lot of enthusiastic talk about seeing light at the end of the tunnel.
That may ultimately prove true, but the figurative tunnel is turning out to be longer and darker than hoped. This is particularly the case in California, where conflicting messages have caused utter confusion about who can get a vaccine and when.
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“In L.A. County, we have to vaccinate 10 million people, twice,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said in a statement issued Friday. “These large-scale vaccination sites are going to help us get there by massively increasing our capacity to vaccinate people quickly and efficiently.”
Officials say that L.A. County aims to complete 500,000 free-of-charge vaccinations among healthcare workers by the end of January.