Nurses held a news conference in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday morning to protest California’s decision to direct healthcare workers who test positive for COVID-19, but are asymptomatic, to return to work.
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The state guidance is in effect through Feb. 1 and is in response to the extreme staffing shortages, coupled with the spike in hospitalizations, brought on by the Omicron variant.
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