In Case You Missed It: Culver City’s New Public Order Announced Yesterday
Face Coverings
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Remember: the Risk of COVID-19 Remains High
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1. In Case You Missed It: Culver City’s New Public Order Announced Yesterday
On May 14, 2020, the City Manager issued a new Public Order. Here's what it includes:
Allows lower-risk businesses and low-contact outdoor recreational facilities to re-open in Culver City.
Requires cloth face coverings that securely cover the mouth and nose to be worn when you’re around people who don’t live in your own household.
Extends the “Stay at Home” Public Order until further notice. The City plans to continue to modify the order over time to allow a gradual and safe re-opening in alignment with the recommendations from Public Health.
Cloth face coverings that securely cover the mouth and nose are required to be worn when you’re around people who don’t live in your own household. Bring a clean cloth face covering with you when you leave the house. If you’re not around other people, doing a solitary activity, or when you’re with only the people from your household, you can take it off, but you should put it on if others approach. Children under two and people with certain disabilities are exempted from wearing face coverings.
How to Wear a Face Covering
Wear your face covering so it comes all the way up close to the bridge of your nose.
Make sure it covers your mouth all the way down to your chin.
Do your best to tighten the loops or ties so it’s snug around your face, without gaps.
How NOT to Wear a Face Covering
Don’t wear your face covering so it is below or covers just the tip of your nose.
Don’t leave your chin exposed.
Don’t push your face covering under your chin to rest on your neck.
Don’t wear your face covering loosely with gaps on the sides.
3. LA County Recovery Dashboard
We are in stage two of the five-stage Roadmap to Recovery and until the final stage five is reached, Health Officer Orders and directives will continue to ensure that we slow spread of COVID-19 to prevent an overwhelming surge of COVID-19 cases at healthcare facilities. Public Health will assess the activities allowed by the Order on an ongoing basis and modify the Order as appropriate. Today, the County Public Health Director, Dr. Barbara Ferrer, described the specific health measures and encouraged residents to track progress on Public Health’s Recovery Dashboard.
Public Health officials will continuously ask two main questions:
1. Is the county capable of slowing the spread?
2. Is the county effective at slowing the spread?
Capabilities:
Are hospitals ready?
Are ≥ 10% of hospital intensive care unit (ICU) beds available? (3-day average)
Are ≥ 20% of hospital ventilators available? (3-day average)
Is the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) adequate for health care workers?
Do ≥ 60% of hospitals have at least a 15-day supply of PPE?
Is there enough testing and testing supplies?
Can the County offer 15,000 tests per day?
Is there enough case and contact tracing capacity?
Is Public Health able to follow-up on 90% of the cases within one day of assignment?
Effectiveness:
Is the daily number of people dying from COVID-19 stable or decreasing? (7-day average)
Is the daily number of people hospitalized due to COVID-19 stable or decreasing? (7-day average)
Public Health will track both mortality and hospitalization rates by age, race/ethnicity and community poverty levels to be sure they are not seeing increases in some groups. Public Health wants to be certain that the steps they are taking to relax restrictions are not inadvertently contributing to further health inequities.
Are ≥ 90% of skilled nursing facilities with one or more cases offered testing for all residents and staff in a timely manner?
Please remember to follow infection control practices at all times, as the virus has not gone away.
Cloth face coverings that securely cover the mouth and nose are required to be worn when you’re around people who don’t live in your own household. Bring a clean cloth face covering with you when you leave the house. If you’re not around other people, doing a solitary activity, or when you’re with only the people from your household, you can take it off, but you should put it on if others approach. Children under two and people with certain disabilities are exempted from wearing face coverings.
Maintain a physical distance of 6 feet between yourself and others.
Self-isolate for 10 days and three days after you are symptom-free if you have or are likely to have COVID-19.
Self-quarantine for 14 days if you are exposed or in close contact with an infected person.
If you become ill, call your doctor early if you are 65 years and older, or have an underlying health condition as you may be at higher risk of serious illness. Call 9-1-1 if there are emergency warning signs such as difficulty breathing, pressure or pain in chest, bluish lips or face, confused or hard to wake, or any other serious symptoms. Even though the risk of COVID-19 remains high, medical offices and hospitals are equipped to treat you safely, and before your health concern becomes a major health crisis.
6. Free COVID-19 Testing Available
LA County strongly encourages all LA County residents who are interested in being tested to first contact their Primary Care Provider or Healthcare Center about receiving a test a their facility. If you do not have access to this care or are unable to contact them, free testing is available across the County. Priority is given to those who meet the criteria below.
Persons with the following symptoms:
Cough
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Fevers
Chills
Repeated shaking with chills
Muscle pain
Headache
Sore throat
New loss of sense of smell
OR
Persons without symptoms who meet the following criteria:
8. Let's make a Culver City connection and talk soon. We’ll call YOU!
We want you to know that we are here for you. If you or another Culver City resident would like a check-in call for a quick chat, let us know. Our friendly City staff are making weekly phone calls to any residents 18 and older just to say “hi," see how you are doing, or offer information and resources. You don’t need a reason—we’ll call you. If you would like to sign-up for the weekly phone call program, give us a ring at (310) 253-6890 (Monday through Friday, 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM).
9. Do You Need a Volunteer?
If you or someone you know has a non-emergency, non-medical need related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and you would like assistance from a volunteer, please email the City or call the City’s Coronavirus Hotline at (310) 253-6890 (Monday through Friday, 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM). If you email or leave a message at the Hotline after hours, please include your name, address, phone number, email address, and your need. In an emergency, please dial 9-1-1.
