Bars and personal services such as hair salons will be temporarily closed, and restaurants will only be allowed to offer take-out and delivery. Under the lockdown, most offices will close and gatherings of people from different households are banned. Governor Gavin Newsom last week announced new statewide bans on gatherings and 'non-essential' activities would come into effect once 85 percent of intensive care unit beds have been filled. Until then, it’s a matter of staying safe and keeping business afloat for Foronda both as a frontliner and a small business owner. Gatherings are prohibited, Retail will be limited, parks will be shutdown.įor LA County county, their biggest concern, the number of cases could top half a million by the end of this month.

Under the orders, the Southern California region will be shut down for at least three weeks. If we’re not compliant then the frontliners are the ones that suffer,' Foronda said. 'We need to be more careful it could be tiring we are getting a little restless about the rules and all that an the rules are changing, and that can be frustrating, but its really about looking out for each other. Now he’s hoping the community can also to do their part in stopping the spread.

While he’s had to make adjustments when it comes to his HiFi Kitchen, where he’s been limited to take out and delivery orders, he managed to squeeze in some fundraisers at the restaurant the day before the latest shut down. 'We’re shorthanded and there's a lot of sick people out there so we should do what we need to do,' he said. While his restaurant has had to scale down operations, his job as a registered nurse continues to pick up. Jasmine Eugenio.įor nurse and restaurant owner-chef Justin Foronda, he knows first hand how impacted the hospitals are. Make sure you wear your mask, the mask is the miracle treatment for this pandemic its really important for everyone to wear their mask, and wash their hands, and limit your exposure to in your household,' said Dr. 'This is the time to hunker down, this is really the time to stay home, limit your travel.

Throughout last week as records were set nearly everyday, officials and experts had already been anticipating a stricter safer at home ordinance. This follows after another record setting weekend in where Los Angeles County alone saw 10,528 cases on Sunday alone. Stephen Lam, Reutersįrom Los Angeles, to Orange County, down to San Diego and everything in between, Southern California is now shut down starting Monday after having less than 15 percent of its hospital beds available. Manny Yekutiel (L) and Jupiter Peraza work to board up an outdoor parklet at Manny's ahead of the new stay-at-home order in attempts to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Francisco, California, on December 6, 2020.

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