Going through a unbroken enhance in coronavirus circumstances, Los Angeles County stated Tuesday that it might require masks be worn at giant out of doors concert events and sporting occasions that appeal to greater than 10,000 folks.
The brand new regulation, which takes impact at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, implies that folks attending the Hollywood Bowl and Dodger Stadium, in addition to out of doors music festivals and what the county describes as “mega occasions,” will now must put on masks. The rule will apply to folks no matter their vaccination standing.
Folks shall be allowed to slide off their masks when consuming and ingesting, however solely briefly.
The order got here as cities across the nation have taken steps to attempt to curb the unfold of the coronavirus. Chicago joined Los Angeles County, Washington, D.C., San Francisco and different areas to require masks in public indoor locations. New York Metropolis is requiring proof of vaccination for eating and leisure actions indoors; Broadway is requiring proof of vaccination and masks because it reopens.
The brand new guidelines requiring masks at giant out of doors occasions in Los Angeles got here because the county reported that circumstances, hospitalizations and positivity charges have elevated markedly. Los Angeles County has been averaging 3,361 new circumstances a day, an 18 % enhance over its common two weeks in the past, in response to information collected by The New York Instances.
Los Angeles County has been aggressive in instituting masks necessities within the face of proof that the Delta variant of the virus has been spreading. It required folks to put on masks in indoor public areas final month, once more no matter vaccination standing.
Covid insurance policies on the Hollywood Bowl have shifted repeatedly through the 12 months because the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which runs the Bowl, has sought to comply with altering county laws. It has drawn large crowds over the previous six weeks. With few exceptions, folks within the viewers have been maskless, as had been permitted beneath county guidelines. However they’ve tended to placed on their masks as they be a part of the crush of individuals transferring down the crowded walkways after the present.
