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Recommendation to confirm City Manager’s promulgation of the revised Safer at Home Health Order, issued on August 18, 2021, by the City of Long Beach Health Officer as a regulation. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On March 19, 2020, the City’s Health Officer issued the "Safer at Home Order for Control of COVID-19" (Health Order) to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 within Long Beach. The City’s Health Officer has revised the Health Order from time to time, as necessary, to protect public health and safety during this ongoing emergency. On August 18, 2021, the City’s Health Officer issued revisions to the Health Order, pursuant to the Beyond the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy, and a mandate by Governor Gavin Newsom and the State Health Officer. The revised Health Order (attached) was issued to require masking for outdoor large-scale events where more than 10,000 people are present. In addition, the City’s Health Order also continues the requirement that vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals must wear face masks at indoor public settings.
The revised Health Order also incorporates:
· The July 26, 2021 Order of the State Public Health Officer, which requires additional statewide facility-directed measures to protect particularly vulnerable populations in hospitals, acute health care and long-term care settings, high-risk congregate settings and other health care settings.
· The August 5, 2021 Order of the State Public Health Officer, which requires additional statewide facility-directed measures to protect particularly vulnerable populations from visitors during indoor visitations at hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities.
· The August 5, 2021 Order of the State Public Health Officer, which requires additional statewide measures to protect particularly vulnerable populations by requiring workers who provide services or work in certain health care facilities have their first dose of a one-dose regimen COVID-19 vaccine or t...
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