{"id":104778,"date":"2021-10-25T20:07:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T03:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=104778"},"modified":"2021-10-25T20:07:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T03:07:33","slug":"la-county-reports-overall-strong-compliance-with-covid-health-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2021\/10\/25\/la-county-reports-overall-strong-compliance-with-covid-health-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"LA County reports overall strong compliance with COVID health rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Los Angeles County health inspectors continue to find overall good compliance with COVID-19 health requirements at local businesses, but there is still room for improvement at many locations when it comes to enforcing mask-wearing requirements, officials said Monday.<\/p>\n

According to the county Department of Public Health, inspectors visited roughly 1,500 businesses between Oct. 16-22. Of the businesses inspected, 73% of garment manufacturers, 73% of office sites, 82% of bars, 80% of nightclubs and 86% of lounges were in compliance with the indoor mask- wearing requirement.<\/p>\n

Inspectors also found 85% of bars were complying with customer-vaccination verifications.\u00a0Only two citations were issued during that week for failure to comply with health orders. County officials have noted that citations are considered a last line of defense, with inspectors opting primarily to work with businesses to help bring them into compliance.<\/p>\n

“I am grateful that the vast majority of businesses continue to follow the sensible protections in the state and county Health Officer Orders that help ensure our collective well-being and economic recovery,” Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said in a statement. “Thanks as well to the tens of thousands of patrons who are doing their part — getting vaccinated and wearing masks as required. Reducing transmission depends on high compliance with existing safety measures.”<\/p>\n

The county reported another five COVID-19 deaths on Monday, bringing the overall pandemic death toll to 26,552. Another 679 cases were reported, for a cumulative total of 1,485,769.<\/p>\n

Case and death numbers tend to be lower on Mondays due to delays in reporting from the weekend.\u00a0According to state figures, there were 629 COVID-positive patients in county hospitals as of Monday, up from 610 on Sunday. Of those patients, 170 were in intensive care, down from 179 a day earlier.\u00a0The rolling average daily rate of people testing positive for the virus was 0.8% as of Monday.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles County providers last week began offering COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to people who previously received any of the three vaccinations in circulation.<\/p>\n

Under federal guidelines, people can receive a different brand of booster shot than their original doses.<\/p>\n

Booster shots are available for people who are:<\/p>\n

— 65 years of age or older;<\/p>\n

— aged 18 and older and living in long-term care settings;<\/p>\n

— aged 18 and older with underlying medical conditions; and<\/p>\n

— aged 18 and older and living or working in high-risk settings.<\/p>\n

People who received the two-dose Pfizer or Moderna shots should not receive a booster until at least six months after their last dose. For the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, people must wait at least two months after their shot.<\/p>\n

Most vaccination sites do not require appointments, and shots are usually available on a walk-in basis. However, appointments can be made at www.VaccinateLACounty.com, or in Spanish, www.VacunateLosAngeles.com.<\/p>\n

According to numbers released Thursday, 79% of eligible county residents aged 12 and older have received at least one dose of vaccine, and 71% are fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles County health inspectors continue to find overall good compliance with COVID-19 health requirements at local businesses, but there is still room for improvement at many locations when it comes to enforcing mask-wearing requirements, officials said Monday. According to the county Department of Public Health, inspectors visited roughly 1,500 businesses between Oct. 16-22. Of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1497,15,1496],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104778"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104780,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104778\/revisions\/104780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}