L.A. County Reveal Which restaurants have employees with COVID-19
This is the first major county to make this information available to the public.
Several restaurants, sit-down and fast service, are stillOperating during the pandemic By delivery andTake away commands. While this option much safer than sitting in a dining room, it still does not entirely remove the risk of exhibition of the equation, especially for the staff working in the kitchen.
At this point, containing the propagation of the virus is crucial to prevent overwhelming health workers with patient overload. Los Angeles County takes a step in the right direction by choosing to list restaurants with employees who have been positive for COVID-19, so that the necessary cleanings can take place much faster.
TheLos Angeles TimesReported Wednesday that the Chief of Public Health of the County of L. Barbara Ferrer said that the county already lists cases confirmed in retirement homes, prisons, shelters and other institutional contexts.
"Later this week we will also include on this list of restaurants that have also had epidemics," said FerrerTimes.
L.A. List of execution of county institutions with staff whoPositive tested for COVID-19 currently showingAny installation that has at least one confirmed case, employees and residents included.
According toRoomThe list (from now on) contains 275 institutional parameters, which all counted more than 3,100 cases and 292 deaths. The majority of deaths were residents of nursing facilities.
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The decision to add restaurants to this list comes afterMany strikes and events Detained by employees in several food service operations that felt that their health was at risk.
Early April, members of the team at the localDomino complained to the department That they were not immediately informed of four employees who had been tested positive for the disease. In addition, the restaurant continued to bring workers from other places but did not equip them with appropriate protection wear.
However, make it mandatory for restaurants to publicly disclose this information can help prevent this situation from recurring the near future. Now we can only hope that other major counties will follow, and soon.
