COVID-19 Emergency Operations Center
LOS ANGELES COUNTY UPDATE
Contact:
Los Angeles County Joint Information Center – COVID-19
pio@ceooem.lacounty.gov
DISASTER AID DUE TO CIVIL UNREST, UPDATE ON SCHOOL RE-OPENING GUIDELINES & SUPPLIES, AND INCIDENT REPORT
The County of Los Angeles is regularly updating resources on COVID-19 and offers today’s update in an effort to keep you and yours informed. Please share the following up-to-date information:
Disaster Aid Due to Civil Unrest
Did your business suffer physical damage or economic injury due to recent civil unrest? If so, LA County is asking you to register online to be connected to future disaster aid, as it becomes available from state and federal sources. To register, click here (link opens in new tab).
Read this press release (link opens in new tab) for details on LA County’s efforts to provide disaster aid.
Update on School Reopening Guidelines & Supplies
Yesterday, the CA Department of Education (DOE) released it’s guidebook (link opens in new tab) for the reopening of schools across California. It follows the state’s Department of Public Health guidance (link opens in new tab) (announced last week) and includes many of the same considerations found in the LA County Office of Education’s (LACOE) Planning Framework (link opens in new tab), released on May 27.
The following are highlights from yesterday’s CA DOE update on re-opening guidelines, supplies and equipment:
- Guidance:
- Face coverings: Students and staff should wear face coverings during all educational activities (at school or on a bus).
- Physical distancing: Students and staff should engage in physical distancing (at least six feet of spacing between seats and in hallways and on buses) at all times.
- Symptom screening: School districts should identify staff who can take temperatures for students and staff before they enter the campus.
- Personal Protective Equipment: CA will provide a 60-day supply of Personal Protective Equipment to TK-12 schools, and will assist public schools (traditional and charter), private schools and childcare facilities in procuring necessary PPE, supplies and equipment.
- In LA County, the following supplies will be distributed to meet near-term needs of schools & childcare programs:
- No-touch thermometers for every school and childcare facility totaling more than 47,000;
- Face shields for every teacher and childcare provider, totaling approximately 2.4 million;
- More than 14 million cloth face coverings for staff and students;
- More than 16 million disposable masks;
- 123,000 N95 masks for school-based health professionals, including those interacting with symptomatic students; and
- 143,000 gallons of hand sanitizer.
- In LA County, the following supplies will be distributed to meet near-term needs of schools & childcare programs:
For the latest modifications and updates to LACOE’s reopening plan, visit their website (link opens in new tab).
Incident Report
Our daily report is a high-level summary of L.A. County Emergency Operations Center’s response to the COVID-19 health emergency. Click here (link opens in new tab) to view.
View (link opens in new tab) our updated COVID-19 Digital Communications Guide, and get tips on Best Practices, Do’s and Don’ts, Key Messaging, and our Social Media Toolkit – with multi-lingual graphics and messages like the ones seen below.
Access our Social Media Toolkit here (link opens in new tab).
Hair salons and barbershops can now reopen with the following safeguards in place. Learn more:
Chinese: 美髮院和理髮店現在可以重新開放,並遵守安全措施。 https://covid19.lacounty.gov/covid19-news/hair-salons-barbershops-and-in-person-dining-to-reopen-safeguards/ (link opens in new tab)
Korean: 미용실과 이발소는 이제 다음과 같은 안전 수칙 사용과 함께 다시 열 수 있습니다. https://covid19.lacounty.gov/covid19-news/hair-salons-barbershops-and-in-person-dining-to-reopen-safeguards/ (link opens in new tab)
Spanish: Los salones de belleza y las peluquerías ahora pueden volver a abrirse con las siguientes medidas de seguridad. https://covid19.lacounty.gov/covid19-news/hair-salons-barbershops-and-in-person-dining-to-reopen-safeguards/ (link opens in new tab)
Additional Resources
The County of Los Angeles appreciates your continued partnership in responding to COVID-19 questions and needs of residents. For additional information, please visit:
- County of Los Angeles: covid19.lacounty.gov (link opens in new tab)
- County of Los Angeles Public Health: publichealth.lacounty.gov (link opens in new tab)
- California Department of Public Health: cdph.ca.gov (link opens in new tab)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: cdc.gov (link opens in new tab)
Los Angeles County residents can also call 2-1-1