As Los Angeles County will not follow the state’s guideline to lift the mask mandate for vaccinated individuals next week, the county’s Department of Public Health outlined the criteria to drop masks in the coming weeks, possibly months.
On Feb. 7, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Twitter that vaccinated people don’t need to wear masks indoors starting Feb. 15, as the direct result of the rapid decline of Omicron. Newsom said the COVID-19 cases reported statewide had decreased by 65 percent since the Omicron peak, and hospitalization has stabilized across the state.
