The Industry Hills Expo Center at 16200 Temple Ave. will be converted into a testing center, operated and staffed by Total Testing Solutions. The site will feature multiple lanes with a capacity of up to 1,000 vehicles.
The expansion comes as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is fueling record numbers of infections in the county and nationwide. On Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the activation the California National Guard to help provide additional testing facilities and capacity amid the rise in demand. The county’s rolling average daily rate of people testing positive for the virus was 20.4% as of Saturday. Overall, more than 10,269,000 individuals have been tested, with 17% of people testing positive to date, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
“Keeping health care workers safe is critical to maintaining functionality across our health care facilities when surges lead to staffing shortages and rising rates of hospitalizations,” Ferrer said Friday. “Across multiple health care settings, our health care personnel have given their all and been fully vaccinated at high levels for many months.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday unveiled a proposed $2.7 billion COVID-19 emergency response package as part of his next budget proposal, including a $1.4 billion emergency appropriation request to bolster testing capacity, accelerate vaccination and booster efforts, support frontline workers, strengthen the health care system and “battle misinformation.”
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