L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn is the author of a motion that county supervisors are set to discuss that would consider a proof-of-vaccination policy.
Los Angeles County officials on Tuesday will consider drafting a proposal that would require proof of vaccination to enter certain indoor public spaces.to be discussed at this week’s Board of Supervisors meeting that asks staff and attorneys to draft a report in two weeks about what the county’s policy could look like.
Hahn asked that the report consider whether a mandate should require one dose or full vaccination, and whether the policy should apply to all indoor public spaces or certain nonessential businesses and events. For example, “should grocery stores be exempt?” Hahn wrote in her motion.The report would also include a recommendation on the process for how people could prove their vaccination status and businesses verify that status using existing digital or paper records.
More than 1,380 people are being treated in hospitals for the coronavirus, 22% of them in the intensive care unit, officials said. The majority of those hospitalized with the virus are unvaccinated.“While indoor masking and quarantine and isolation of cases and close contacts are effective strategies for reducing transmission, the quickest way to slow the spread is to increase vaccination coverage,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said.
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