Mayor Eric Garcetti has long characterized expanding COVID-19 testing to all Angelenos, including those without symptoms, as a critical milestone that needed to be met before leaders could consider lifting some restrictions.
And now, he says, that milestone is a reality.
During a news conference Wednesday evening, Garcetti announced that all city residents are now eligible for free COVID-19 testing — a first-of-its-kind step for any major city in the U.S. He urged all residents to consider getting swabbed, noting that some people who feel fine can still be asymptomatic carriers.
Read more at the Los Angeles Times.