The LA County board's decision came on the day the statewide COVID emergency declaration ended.
at the end of March, while warning that the move doesn't mean the virus no longer poses a threat.
Hahn noted in her motion that the emergency declarations "saved lives and protected the health of county residents." But it noted that thanks to the widespread availability of vaccines, therapeutics and other measures to combat virus spread and illness, "hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19 have dramatically reduced.
Lifting the emergency declarations does not automatically mean that all COVID-related restrictions will immediately go away. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said last week her agency will be reviewing existing health officer orders, noting that some of the requirements in them were enacted under the county's emergency declaration, but others were not.
One of the mandates set to be lifted is a requirement that people who are exposed to COVID-19 wear a mask for 10 days. Ferrer said public health officials will be reviewing data to determine whether that requirement will continue under a revised health order. The end of California’s order will have little to no effect on most people as Newsom has already lifted most of the state’s restrictions.
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