San Diego and California COVID-19 Emergency Declarations Expire Tuesday NBC 7 San Diego
Nearly three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the light at the end of the tunnel is shining brightly.
The state s coronavirus emergency declaration expires Tuesday, illustrating a turning point in the years-long battle against COVID-19. But the end of the emergency declaration isn t just symbolic, it represents a shift in the way state and local officials will approach the pandemic.
Measures such as mask-wearing indoors or some restrictions of public gatherings in public spaces, or mandatory testing and, and such now have to go more through a sort of approval process,” said Paul Schalch-Lepe, MD, FACS, otolaryngologist. “And you cannot enact them in short term.
You’re free to go now.