For state workers, the new policy will be effective starting Aug. 2, with testing “phased in over the next few weeks,” according to a statement from Gov. He called it “well past time that we act.”Merely requiring employees to be tested, he said, would be insufficient given the highly contagious nature of the Delta variant. Enter the Delta variant: a particularly problematic mutation that is believed to be twice as transmissible as the conventional coronavirus strains. But there’s also real concern that the Delta variant could wreak havoc on the still-substantial slice of California that has yet to be inoculated. You’re putting other people’s, innocent people’s, lives at risk.”AdvertisementThe latest rise in COVID-19 cases also puts Newsom in an uncomfortable political position.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 26, 2021 17:37 UTC