VIRTUAL BRIEFING - L.A. County officials deliver COVID-19 updates and announce prerequisites to relax “Safer at Home” Orders

County of Los Angeles, California sent this bulletin at 04/24/2020 08:36 AM PDT

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COVID-19 Emergency Operations Center
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THE VIRTUAL BRIEFING

L.A. County officials deliver COVID-19 updates and announce prerequisites to relax “Safer at Home” Orders

L.A. County Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger welcomes the L.A. County Department of Public Health to provide updates on the coronavirus (COVID-19) response and details on what the path to recovery will look like for the County. Officials stress to the public to continue the practice of physical distancing. 

WHEN:

Today, Friday, April 24
1:00 p.m. 

WHO:

  • Supervisor Kathryn Barger, Chair, Fifth District
  • Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director, Public Health
  • Jacqueline Valenzuela, Chief Advisor to the Health Officer, Public Health*
  • Nona Oganisyan, Registered Environmental Health Specialist, Public Health**

*Spanish remarks and questions will follow English Q&A.

**Armenian remarks to follow Spanish Q&A.

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  • *Members of the public can listen in by telephone:
    • English:    (877) 873-8017, Access Code: 111111
    • Spanish:   (877) 873-8017, Access Code: 222222
    • Mandarin: (877) 611-4778, Access Code: 9516097
    • Korean:    (877) 611-4778, Access Code: 9275591

Questions about COVID-19:

  • Visit the Los Angeles County website:  covid19.lacounty.gov
  • Call 2-1-1 L.A. County at any time for emergency preparedness information and other referral services. The toll-free 2-1-1 number is available 24 hours a day and seven days a week. 
  • Department of Public Health:  ph.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus

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