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Updated Mask Wearing Rules and Recommendations for LA County
While Los Angeles County remains in the Low CDC COVID-19 community level, masks are still required in some settings and strongly recommended in others.
You* must wear a mask in:
- Healthcare settings
- Congregate care facilities, such as long-term care settings and adult/senior care facilities
- In any other location where it is required by the business or venue
- If you have COVID-19. You must wear a highly protective mask (even at home) when you are around others until you end isolation. If you are eligible to end isolation after Day 5 because you have a negative test result, it is strongly recommended that you continue to wear a mask through Day 10. In workplace settings, you must wear a mask through Day 10.
- If you are a close contact to someone with COVID-19. You must wear a highly protective mask when you are around others indoors for 10 days after your last day of exposure.
- If there has been a recent outbreak at your workplace or the congregate setting where you live.
Masks are strongly recommended:
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On all forms of public transit, including trains, buses, shuttle buses, taxis, ride-shares, and medical transport.
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In all transportation hubs, including airport and bus terminals, train and subway stations, seaports or other indoor port terminals, or any other indoor area that serves as a transportation hub
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If you are?at risk for severe illness?wear a?highly protective mask?when you are in a higher risk setting. These include any of the ?three Cs?:
- Closed spaces with poor air flow
- Crowded places with many people nearby, and
- Close contact settings especially where people are talking (or breathing heavily) close together.
Masking is an individual preference in the following settings:
- In state and local correctional facilities and detention centers
- Homeless and emergency shelters
- In all other indoor public settings, businesses, government offices, childcare, TK-12 schools, and higher education settings.
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*There are some people who should not wear a mask, such as children younger than 2, people with certain medical conditions or disabilities, and people instructed by their medical provider not to wear a mask.?See?Who should not wear a mask?and?special considerations for persons with communication difficulties or certain disabilities.
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Indoor mask wearing rules and recommendations in Los Angeles County change based on federal, state, and county requirements and the LA County CDC COVID-19 community level and transmission rate.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has developed a wide array of documents, guidance documents, and resources for the workers, businesses, partners, and the general public on a variety of topics related to COVID-19, including:
It is recommended you follow @lapublichealth on?Facebook,?Twitter?or?Instagram?the latest updates about Los Angeles County.
Always check with trusted sources for the latest accurate information about novel coronavirus:
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