LOS ANGELES — As summer vacation draws to a close, health officials are urging parents to get their children vaccinated against COVID-19, with some warning that the start of the school year could bring an increase in cases.
Infections and hospitalizations are declining after a prolonged summer wave, but that progress could be challenged as schools reopen.
This will be the first time during the pandemic that the traditional school year will begin in California without a statewide school mask mandate in place, and vaccination rates — though robust for the general public — are low among children.
