Officials said that, at L.A. schools that do reopen, children must wear face coverings and use hand sanitizer. Sports with no physical distancing are banned.
California failed to establish an effective coronavirus testing system early on, leaving it far behind — even now — in the fight against COVID-19.At a fire station serving Los Angeles International Airport, 20 firefighters have tested positive for the virus. One firefighter is hospitalized, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Peter Sanders said Monday.
Firefighters from others stations with aircraft-related training are taking on the shifts of those who are out, Sanders said.Los Angeles World Airports spokeswoman Becca Doten said staffing levels had not fallen below those required by the Federal Aviation Administration. In San Francisco, the weekly rate of hospitalizations for COVID-19 has nearly doubled. The city remains in “a very vulnerable situation” the city’s Public Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax said Monday during an online forum. The city has nearly 4,600 cases of the virus — about 1,000 of which were diagnosed in just the last two weeks, and 50 residents have died from the virus.
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