(Mel Melcon, Los Angeles Times/TNS)LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) — The rising risk of COVID-19 infection amid the omicron surge is causing public health officials and experts to advise more caution in indoor gyms, saying it is critical to mask up inside. Several San Francisco Bay Area counties recently ordered mask mandates in indoor gyms, even if everyone inside is fully vaccinated. Los Angeles County, with a vaccination rate less than that of many Bay Area counties, has long had a stricter indoor mask rule and has required indoor masking inside gyms since the summer, as the delta surge was picking up momentum. An area with moderate risk — somewhere between that of the weight room and indoor gym classes — would be around the treadmills. Chin-Hong said he’d rather wait for the current surge to be over before returning to indoor gym classes.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 03, 2022 19:30 UTC