City Corner
-by Mayor Richard Montgomery
Please take a look at BCHD’s Dashboard for a look at testing numbers and services it is providing.
TestingTesting at Beach Cities Health Dsitrict’s campus (514 N. Prospect) continues to operate with District staff (40,000+ tests conducted). As a reminder L.A. County’s testing criteria includes (BCHD is a L.A. County Testing site):
- Those who have COVID-19 symptoms: Fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea
- Those who have a known exposure to COVID-19, including those who were in close contact with someone with COVID-19
- Those who live or work in a high-risk setting (such as skilled nursing facilities, group homes, residential care facilities and persons experiencing homelessness)
- In accordance with California Department of Health Testing Guidance, testing is also available when there is additional testing capacity if you do not have symptoms and you are an essential worker with frequent contacts with the public in these sectors: health care, emergency services, food and grocery, retail or manufacturing, public transportation, and education.
More information about testing can be found here: https://www.bchd.org/covidtesting