LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Concerts, sporting events and other large gatherings may not be returning to Los Angeles until 2021 as the region continues to battle COVID-19, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday.
During an appearance on CNN, Garcetti said, “It’s difficult to imagine us getting together in the thousands any time soon, so I think we should all be prepared for that this year.”
“I think we all have never wanted science to work so quickly, but until there’s either a vaccine, some sort of pharmaceutical intervention or herd immunity, the science is the science,” he added. “Public health officials have been very clear: We’ve got many miles to walk before we’re going to be back in those
environments.”
The mayor said the matter was discussed Monday at a meeting of high-ranking city department staff, but no specific timeline on the resumption of large events was agreed upon.
Other essential and small businesses would reportedly be “phased in over a period of time (6-10 months)”, according to an email cited by the Los Angeles Times.
On Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom called the prospects of mass gatherings in the near future “negligible at best” as his administration cited several key steps before lifting the stay-at-home order.
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