The most recent CDC guidance says that because the risk of infection and transmission of COVID-19 is low in fully vaccinated people, those individuals can resume activities without wearing a mask or physically distancing except in instances where it’s required by federal, state, local, tribal or territorial entities. Southern California’s tribal casinos have a measure of sovereignty that allows them to set many of their own policies when it comes to COVID-19 and that’s why they were able to reopen ahead of other kinds of businesses early in the pandemic, but the casinos have also looked to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state guidance when plotting out their safety plans.
And the queue of masked-up gamblers waiting to get their foreheads scanned for a temperature check may soon be a thing of the past. Gavin Newsom says many COVID-19 related restrictions will go away - casinos have begun to relax their guidelines. Soon, visitors to some of Southern California’s casinos won’t be required to wear masks, a policy change that has come to some properties already.Īs vaccinations increase and the region nears June 15 - the date Gov.
