An upswing in coronavirus infections has spawned a rise in worksite case clusters in Los Angeles County, prompting health officials to recommend additional measures aimed at tamping down transmission, including reducing crowding and, if there’s a suspected outbreak, expanding remote work.
“With the continued increase in cases, and now as you’re seeing the corresponding increase in hospitalizations … we’re really worried,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said of the region’s overall trends.
“Our case numbers, they are staying pretty high,” Ferrer said. And she expressed concern about the rising numbers of even more contagious omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5, at a time when more people have lowered their guard and shed their masks.
