Full Notification

Today, the County of Los Angeles issued a safer-at-home order to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.
 
The health order, which applies to the city of Temple City, will go into effect tonight at 11:59 p.m. until April 19, according to the county’s announcement.
 
Officials stressed the order is not shelter-in-place, which requires residents to barricade themselves inside homes. Instead the mandate is safer-at-home, which tells residents to stay at home unless:

• To engage in outdoor activity with social distancing and without a gathering of more than 10 people.
   
• To engage in activities or tasks essential to their health and safety.

• To obtain essential services or supplies like groceries, household necessities and health care.

• To care for a family member, friend or neighbor.

The health order can be viewed at templecity.us/healthorder.
 
County officials will soon release a fact sheet, which will be posted to the city website at templecity.us/coronavirus and shared on the city’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts (@connectwithtc). 

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To learn more about the coronavirus, visit the LA County Department of Public Health website at publichealth.lacounty.gov.