by KTLA:Courtney Friel,Tracy Bloom
Posted:May 12, 2020 / 11:57 AM PDT/Updated:May 12, 2020 / 05:18 PM PDT
Los Angeles county public health Director Barbara Ferrer said at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting that the county’s stay-at-home restrictions will likely last for three more months to combat the ongoing COVID-19 crisis,
Ferrer said, “Based on all of the data that we’re looking at … we know with all certainty that we’ll be extending health officer orders for the next three months."
The county's Public Health director Ferrer and Supervisor Kathryn Barger both issued clarifying statements after Ferrer’s comments were widely reported.
In a brief, clarifying statement made Tuesday evening, Ferrer added, "While the Safer at Home orders will remain in place over the next few months, restrictions will be gradually relaxed” under the county’s existing roadmap to recovery. We’re counting on the public’s continued compliance with the orders to enable us to relax restrictions.”
Supervisor Barger also emphasized the relaxing of restrictions and said Ferrer’s comments to the board were “taken out of context.”
Barger's office also issued a clarifying statement on the 'safer at home order'.
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