Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that all state government workers and public and private health care workers will have to show proof they’re fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or be subject to regular testing. Here’s how that will look, plus more on why Newsom is taking this step now.
Luke Money
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Vaccinated people can get ‘breakthrough’ infections: How worried should we be?
Increasing community transmission, as is happening with the highly contagious Delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19, will mean more positive tests — even among the vaccinated. Vaccines remain highly successful at keeping recipients from falling seriously ill.
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California coronavirus hospitalizations hit highest point in months as Delta spreads
Statewide, the number of coronavirus-positive patients in the hospital more than doubled in the last month, and the rate has climbed further in the last two weeks.
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If vaccines are effective against the Delta variant, why would wearing masks indoors be necessary?
L.A. County officials say with COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations growing, they hope reinstituting masking as a social norm will help reduce disease transmission.
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With mask mandate, L.A. County now leads national battle against the Delta variant
‘Anything is on the table if things continue to get worse, which is why we want to take action now,’ the L.A. County health officer said.
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As Bay Area urges residents to wear masks in indoor public places, Santa Cruz officials deliberate
Doing so would ‘ensure easy verification that all unvaccinated people are masked in those settings,’ officials wrote in a joint statement. In L.A. County it becomes mandatory on Saturday.
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No time or ‘enormously selfish’? People who haven’t gotten a COVID-19 shot may have many reasons
While some may fundamentally reject rolling up their sleeves for a shot, officials say there are many reasons why people may not have gotten vaccinated.
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Are the COVID surge and Delta variant putting California’s reopening at risk? What we know
Despite the startling increases in new coronavirus infections and hospitalizations, officials stress that this uptick is different from earlier waves.
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L.A. County returns to indoor mask rules. What it means for dining, shopping and more
The mask rules will essentially revert back to where they were before the county lifted them prior to the June 15 reopening.
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Tougher tactics targeting the unvaccinated needed to stop new COVID-19 spike, experts say
Door-to-door outreach and vaccine requirements at work would help curb coronavirus spread, experts say.