As students graduate in Los Angeles County, public health officials are warning against marking the milestone with drive-in celebrations. “I think it’s unfortunate that this is happening during a pandemic because we are asking that all graduations be virtual only,” Barbara Ferrer, the county public health director, said Saturday during a Facebook Live chat with Supervisor Sheila Kuehl. “Our health officer order prohibits, as does the state’s, any events from happening and even those car drive-in graduations that folks would like to have are considered events. So right now, there can be nothing but a virtual graduation.”She said that officials hope that delayed graduations might be possible in some form later in the summer. Read the full story on LATimes.com.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 17, 2020 01:46 UTC