California's COVID emergency officially comes to an end today, but the change is not expected to have much of an impact on people.
This comes nearly three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom declared COVID-19 a public health emergency. Since then, Newsom has lifted most restrictions, such as mask requirements, beach closures and business shutdowns prompted by the pandemic.Locally, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider a motion that would end the county's emergency declarations enacted by COVID-19.
Hahn notes in her motion that the emergency declarations "saved lives and protected the health of county residents." But it notes 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."
Ferrer said 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 and would be lifted if the board removes the declaration at the end of March.
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