L.A. County Mask Mandates To Remain Despite California's Decision To Lift Statewide Restrictions

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Los Angeles County’s public health chief said Tuesday that local indoor COVID-19 mask mandates will remain in place for the time being despite California’s decision to lift its own statewide mask requirement.

With Omicron cases dropping, the California Department of Public Health announced Monday that the statewide mask wearing requirement for vaccinated people will be lifted beginning on Feb. 16 for most indoor public spaces. Masks will still be required for everyone, however, in schools, on public transit, in health care facilities and in airports.

However, despite the state action, L.A. County will still maintain its own local regulation. L.A. County’s own indoor mask-wearing mandate will remain for at least several more weeks, the county’s Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said at an L.A. County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday.

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