LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Apparel has responded following the announcement it was ordered to close after LA County health officials said more than 300 workers at its manufacturing facility tested COVID-19 positive and four died.
Despite being devastated by the COVID crisis, it was allowed to reopen Monday. The company's South Los Angeles manufacturing complex on 59th Street was originally closed June 27 after inspectors found "flagrant" violations of infection-control protocols and the company "failed to cooperate" with the county's investigation of what were then about 150 total infections.According to the county Department of Public Health, an official order was issued Thursday mandating the "continuous closure" of the facility.Over the.