The shelter was placed under quarantine on March 17, and as a result, guests were restricted from leaving the facility through at least Wednesday, March 22.

The Board of Supervisors’ decision came on the day the statewide COVID emergency declaration ended.

California’s coronavirus emergency officially ends Tuesday, nearly three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the nation’s first statewide stay-at-home order and just days after the state reached the grim milestone of 100,000 deaths related to the virus.

Nearly three years after Long Beach officials detected the first cases of COVID-19 in the city, the state of emergency declaration in response to the coronavirus was officially ended by the City Council Tuesday night.

California won’t make children get the coronavirus vaccine to attend schools, state public health officials said Friday, reversing a state policy first announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2021.

California is preparing to close dozens of state-run COVID-19 testing and treatment sites ahead of the planned end of the state of emergency in February.

The city is currently administering the vaccines to the newly approved age group on a non-appointment basis.

Two sites, Shoreline Park at Rainbow Harbor and the east and west ends of the Civic Center Complex where Lincoln Park is located, have been tentatively approved by the city as possible locations for memorials.

As of Oct. 12, just 2.4% of eligible Long Beach residents have received the bivalent booster, officials said, lagging behind the national average of about 4%.