San Francisco to require staff in hospitals, jails and nursing homes to get COVID-19 vaccine
3 years, 6 months ago

San Francisco to require staff in hospitals, jails and nursing homes to get COVID-19 vaccine

LA Times  

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center in San Francisco is seen in this December 2020 photo. San Francisco will eventually require workers in hospitals and other high-risk congregate settings to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. San Francisco will eventually require workers in hospitals, nursing homes and jails to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with limited exceptions. San Francisco’s order, like the one issued by UC and Cal State, would allow for workers in “high-risk settings” to seek an exemption based on medical or religious grounds. Once the FDA fully approves any COVID-19 vaccine, San Francisco will require that all businesses and government agencies with workers in high-risk settings find out the vaccination status of all workers who routinely work on-site and ensure that they are fully vaccinated within 10 weeks of official vaccine approval.

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As COVID wave wallops California, new vaccines arrive this week. Will it be a turning point?
3 months, 4 weeks ago

As COVID wave wallops California, new vaccines arrive this week. Will it be a turning point?

LA Times  

New COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be available as soon as this week, a promising development amid California’s potent and enduring summer wave of the disease. “I have a tremendous empathy, having seen people struggle with long COVID in their 30s and 40s, people who you might think were otherwise low-risk,” Dr. Peter Marks, the FDA’s vaccine chief, said Friday. …

COVID-19 intensifies across California, with the worst probably still to come
11 months, 2 weeks ago

COVID-19 intensifies across California, with the worst probably still to come

LA Times  

The winter COVID-and-flu season is ramping up in California and nationwide, with doctors and other experts saying the worst of the respiratory illness season is still to come. “And we’re probably not quite to the zenith of it yet,” said Dr. Elizabeth Hudson, regional chief of infectious diseases at Kaiser Permanente Southern California. “Looking at some of the data that …

COVID-19 and flu cases are rising in California. How bad will the holiday uptick be?
1 year ago

COVID-19 and flu cases are rising in California. How bad will the holiday uptick be?

LA Times  

COVID-19 and flu are rising across California, sparking new warnings from health officials to take precautions as the wider winter holiday season looms. “Getting tested and treated early can prevent you from getting severely ill, being hospitalized and can potentially save your life.” Relatively speaking, COVID-19, flu and another ailment — respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV — aren’t at the …

San Francisco Bay Area’s COVID death rate was among the lowest in the nation. Here’s why
1 year ago

San Francisco Bay Area’s COVID death rate was among the lowest in the nation. Here’s why

LA Times  

The San Francisco Bay Area fared better during the COVID-19 pandemic than many other largely populated areas, with a cumulative COVID-19 death rate among the lowest of the nation’s most populous counties, according to a Los Angeles Times analysis. That’s 37% of Los Angeles County’s death rate of 354 deaths per 100,000 residents and one-quarter of New York City’s cumulative …

Bay Area reinstates COVID mask orders in healthcare settings. Will L.A. follow?
1 year, 1 month ago

Bay Area reinstates COVID mask orders in healthcare settings. Will L.A. follow?

LA Times  

Licensed vocational nurse Tracy Gage prepares a syringe at a flu and COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Kaiser Permanente in Pasadena on Oct. 12. Rather, the county Department of Public Health issued a health order in September requiring healthcare workers to either get both the flu and updated COVID-19 vaccines or mask up when working in patient care areas. COVID-19 conditions …

Some Bay Area healthcare workers will have to mask again as threat of COVID, flu looms
1 year, 3 months ago

Some Bay Area healthcare workers will have to mask again as threat of COVID, flu looms

LA Times  

Registered nurse Ashley Cohagen works with a patient in the COVID area inside the intensive care unit at Providence Saint John’s Health Center on Dec. 15, 2020. Healthcare workers in several Bay Area counties will soon be required to wear masks in patient care settings as the region contends with continued coronavirus transmission and looks ahead to the wider respiratory …

Where Southern Californians can find the new COVID-19 vaccine
1 year, 3 months ago

Where Southern Californians can find the new COVID-19 vaccine

LA Times  

Although shipments of the newest COVID-19 vaccines started arriving in Southern California pharmacies and clinics last week, Kaiser Permanente members will need to wait just a little longer to get their shot from the healthcare provider. But pharmacists at multiple CVS locations in Los Angeles said Wednesday that Kaiser members would not be able to get the shot at the …

California to alter COVID rules in healthcare settings: Masks and vaccinations not required
1 year, 9 months ago

California to alter COVID rules in healthcare settings: Masks and vaccinations not required

LA Times  

Jazmin Escamilla takes blood samples Dec. 19 in the ambulance bay outside the emergency department at MLK Community Hospital in Los Angeles. With the COVID-19 state of emergency a thing of the past, California health officials on Friday unveiled plans to relax guidance on masking in high-risk settings and to end vaccination requirements for healthcare workers. California L.A. County’s COVID-19 …

Southern California braces for difficult flu season as cases rise after COVID lull
2 years, 2 months ago

Southern California braces for difficult flu season as cases rise after COVID lull

LA Times  

Officials generally recommend the flu vaccine for people 6 months and older. This year, officials are also suggesting those age 65 or older get turbocharged flu vaccines that are considered higher dose or “adjuvanted,” which helps trigger a stronger immune response. The current levels of flu activity are “much higher” compared to pre-pandemic years, the Los Angeles County Department of …

California ends coronavirus testing requirements for certain unvaccinated workers
2 years, 3 months ago

California ends coronavirus testing requirements for certain unvaccinated workers

LA Times  

California has rescinded coronavirus testing requirements for unvaccinated workers at schools, healthcare facilities and other congregate settings, the latest rule to be rolled back as the state enters what officials say is a new phase of the pandemic. “We’ve entered a phase of the pandemic where the majority of people in these workplace settings are vaccinated, and our youngest Californians …

COVID vaccines may soon be available for kids under 5. What Californians need to know
2 years, 6 months ago

COVID vaccines may soon be available for kids under 5. What Californians need to know

LA Times  

Felix Johnstone of Altadena, with mother Caitlin Johnstone, right, receives a child’s dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Shirley Alfonso at Eugene A. Obregon Park on Nov. 3 in Los Angeles. “As we have seen with older age groups, we expect that the vaccines for younger children will provide protection from the most severe outcomes of COVID-19, such …

California pauses plans to require COVID-19 vaccinations for schoolchildren
2 years, 8 months ago

California pauses plans to require COVID-19 vaccinations for schoolchildren

LA Times  

California will not require schoolchildren to be immunized for COVID-19 after Gov. Newsom’s office said that after the FDA approves the vaccine for children 12 and older, state public health officials will consider recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other groups “prior to implementing a school vaccine requirement.” Currently, …

Most Californians favor COVID vaccine requirements even as they’re lifted, poll finds
2 years, 8 months ago

Most Californians favor COVID vaccine requirements even as they’re lifted, poll finds

LA Times  

A woman steps out of her car at a pharmacy in Nashua, N.H., offering COVID-19 vaccinations on Dec. 7, 2021. Most Californians still favor COVID-19 restrictions, including requirements to show proof of vaccination at large outdoor gatherings or to enter places like indoor restaurants and bars, a new survey suggests. Overall, 57% of residents surveyed by the PPIC said they …

L.A. could soon end COVID vaccine mandate for restaurants, bars, gyms, movie theaters
2 years, 9 months ago

L.A. could soon end COVID vaccine mandate for restaurants, bars, gyms, movie theaters

LA Times  

Los Angeles could soon ease city rules requiring indoor restaurants, gyms, bars, movie theaters, hair salons and other businesses to check that customers are vaccinated against COVID-19 before letting them inside. She is still suggesting that businesses continue to verify customers’ vaccination status, but, “as opposed to telling people what they have to do, we’re asking people to do them …

Big cities drop more COVID-19 measures in push for normalcy
2 years, 9 months ago

Big cities drop more COVID-19 measures in push for normalcy

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York City and Los Angeles are lifting some of their strictest COVID-19 prevention measures as officials in big cities around the U.S. push for a return to normalcy after two grueling years of the pandemic. New York City, which has long prided itself as having the nation’s toughest COVID-19 safety protocols, will do away with several …

Most of Bay Area will lift indoor mask order, citing falling COVID-19 risk
2 years, 10 months ago

Most of Bay Area will lift indoor mask order, citing falling COVID-19 risk

LA Times  

Gen Til works out at a climbing gym in San Francisco in March 2021. Many officials in the Bay Area have decided it’s time to relax local mask orders for indoor public spaces for vaccinated people, although they continue to strongly recommend mask-wearing. Santa Clara County, Northern California’s most populous county, will continue a local indoor mask order, aligning with …

Johnson & Johnson recipients can get third COVID shot in San Francisco
2 years, 10 months ago

Johnson & Johnson recipients can get third COVID shot in San Francisco

LA Times  

San Francisco health officials are allowing people who originally got the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to get a second booster shot — which would give them access to the same number of doses currently available to recipients of Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna. The allowance of a potential third dose to J&J recipients in San Francisco goes beyond the guidance outlined …

San Francisco eases mask, vaccination proof rules as Omicron recedes
2 years, 10 months ago

San Francisco eases mask, vaccination proof rules as Omicron recedes

LA Times  

San Francisco will ease its COVID-19 mask order for vaccinated gym members and office workers, and will relax rules requiring proof of vaccination when entering large indoor sports arenas, restaurants, bars and gyms, allowing unvaccinated people to enter if they show proof of a recent negative test. In addition, the city will begin allowing gyms and offices to allow unvaccinated …

Vaccine mandate to kick in for first wave of health workers
2 years, 10 months ago

Vaccine mandate to kick in for first wave of health workers

Associated Press  

Health care workers in about half the states face a Thursday deadline to get their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine under a Biden administration mandate that will be rolled out across the rest of the country in the coming weeks. “But not having staff is also a really big concern, because the neglect that happens as a result of …

California extends indoor mask mandate as Omicron surges
2 years, 11 months ago

California extends indoor mask mandate as Omicron surges

LA Times  

A support worker directs Los Angeles Unified School District students and staff at a coronavirus testing site at El Sereno Middle School in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Exemptions are in place for those younger than 2, who have certain medical conditions or are hearing-impaired, and people “for whom wearing a mask would create a risk to the person related to …

San Francisco and other parts of Bay Area tighten mask rules as Omicron spikes
2 years, 11 months ago

San Francisco and other parts of Bay Area tighten mask rules as Omicron spikes

LA Times  

San Francisco and Berkeley, as well as the counties of Marin and Alameda, are among the areas dropping their exceptions to mask mandates. As COVID-19 cases surge, San Francisco and other Bay Area communities moved this week to expand mask requirements to all gyms, offices and other indoor settings that previously had been exempt. San Francisco city officials announced Wednesday …

Omicron propels a dramatic spike in COVID cases across California; hospitalizations rise
2 years, 11 months ago

Omicron propels a dramatic spike in COVID cases across California; hospitalizations rise

LA Times  

Dr. David Wong and Dr. Olivia Ma check the vitals of a COVID-19 patient in an intensive care unit at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton. The recent metrics “make it crystal clear that we are heading into very challenging times over the winter holidays,” said Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer. In San Francisco, Wachter said that …

Jump in child COVID hospitalizations in N.Y. sparks concerns in California amid Omicron
2 years, 11 months ago

Jump in child COVID hospitalizations in N.Y. sparks concerns in California amid Omicron

LA Times  

A jump in child COVID-19 hospitalizations in New York is a warning to get more children vaccinated in California and elsewhere as the Omicron variant continues to surge, according to California health officials. “Interestingly, the duration of hospital stay was lower, the need for oxygen was lower,” Fauci said on ABC’s “This Week.” Still, because Omicron is causing such a …

COVID: California sets deadline for health worker boosters
3 years ago

COVID: California sets deadline for health worker boosters

India TV News  

Highlights California’s roughly 2.5 mn health care workers have until Feb 1 to get COVID vaccine booster shot California was 1st state to require health care workers to be vaccinated, that took effect in Sept California now joins New Mexico as 2nd state to require booster shot for its health care workers California’s roughly 2.5 million health care workers have …

California sets Feb. 1 deadline for health worker boosters
3 years ago

California sets Feb. 1 deadline for health worker boosters

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s roughly 2.5 million health care workers have until Feb. 1 to get a coronavirus vaccine booster shot or risk losing their jobs, Gov. Now, California joins New Mexico as at least the second state to require a booster shot for its health care workers. Barbara Ferrer, the county’s public health director, said officials are not considering …

L.A. County says no lockdown needed now as California requires boosters for health workers
3 years ago

L.A. County says no lockdown needed now as California requires boosters for health workers

LA Times  

Matthew Meraz walks Santee Alley with his cat, Mowgli, on Dec. 20, while visiting with family members. Despite the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, Los Angeles County’s top health official said Tuesday that no lockdowns are planned at this time, as vaccines and other safety measures remain strong tools to combat the new threat. To those who ask …

Enforcement begins today for L.A.’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements
3 years ago

Enforcement begins today for L.A.’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements

LA Times  

Ten-month-old Julian Medrano Rodriguez drinks milk at Amalia’s Restaurant in Los Angeles on Nov. 21. Among them are restaurants, bars and coffee shops; live performance venues; tattoo and piercing parlors, sports arenas and convention centers; exhibition halls and museums; tasting rooms at breweries, wineries and distilleries; cafeterias, food courts, banquet halls and hotel ballrooms; gyms, and dance and fitness studios; …

Court blocks COVID-19 vaccination mandate for California prisons
3 years ago

Court blocks COVID-19 vaccination mandate for California prisons

LA Times  

A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked an order that all California prison workers must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or have a religious or medical exemption. The judge who issued the vaccination mandate followed the recommendation of a court-appointed receiver who was chosen to manage the state prison healthcare system after a federal judge in 2005 found that California …

With hospitals full, Central California pleading to send COVID-19 patients to L.A.
3 years, 1 month ago

With hospitals full, Central California pleading to send COVID-19 patients to L.A.

LA Times  

For every 100,000 residents, Fresno County has 22 COVID-19 patients in its hospitals; while L.A. and Orange counties have six. “We don’t have enough hospitals to serve the population and the needs,” said Dr. Rais Vohra, the Fresno County interim health officer. Vaccination rates are still relatively low, and in Fresno County, the region’s most populous county, the COVID-19 hospitalization …

Colorado’s COVID-19 surge is an urgent warning for California
3 years, 1 month ago

Colorado’s COVID-19 surge is an urgent warning for California

LA Times  

A man waits for a COVID-19 vaccination booster shot at a pharmacy in Denver. Colorado “may be a precursor to what we could see ultimately here in California as things get cooler for us,” UCLA epidemiologist Dr. Robert Kim-Farley said. Chillier weather hits Colorado earlier than California, sending people indoors, “which leads to higher potential for transmission of COVID.” In …

California’s MyTurn site allows all adults to get COVID booster appointments
3 years, 1 month ago

California’s MyTurn site allows all adults to get COVID booster appointments

LA Times  

Julie Markfield gets a flu shot as well as a COVID-19 booster shot at Flintridge Pharmacy on Tuesday. California’s MyTurn COVID-19 vaccination appointment scheduling tool is now allowing all adults to book appointments for booster shots without asking confusing questions on whether they are eligible. The California Department of Public Health issued recommendations this week essentially recommending that all adults …

Can I get my COVID-19 booster shot now? Here’s what you need to know
3 years, 1 month ago

Can I get my COVID-19 booster shot now? Here’s what you need to know

LA Times  

Nicole Fahey of Altadena, who is six months pregnant, gets a COVID-19 booster shot this month from registered nurse Veronique Vida at Eugene A. Obregon Park. Based on all of that criteria, “pretty much everybody is eligible,” said Dr. Sara Cody, the health officer and public health director for Santa Clara County, Northern California’s most populous county. Dr. Tomás Aragón, …

Fearing a winter surge, California turbocharges its push for COVID booster shots
3 years, 1 month ago

Fearing a winter surge, California turbocharges its push for COVID booster shots

LA Times  

Faced with growing worries over a potential winter coronavirus surge, health officials in California and other areas are turbocharging the push for COVID-19 booster shots in hopes of getting more adults the extra dose as soon as possible. On Wednesday, the California Department of Public Health summed up its booster guidance as follows: “In general terms that everyone can understand, …

COVID-19 hospitalizations rising in parts of California, a potentially ominous sign
3 years, 1 month ago

COVID-19 hospitalizations rising in parts of California, a potentially ominous sign

LA Times  

August Lopez, 6, holds his 8-year-old sister Ruby’s hand as she gets her COVID-19 vaccine at Arleta High School on Monday. Health officials have been warning about a potential new rise in COVID-19 in California as seniors who got their shots last winter — and haven’t received a booster shot — may start to see their immunity wane, leaving them …

If you're not vaccinated you'll get Covid-19, Acute Care boss warns
3 years, 1 month ago

If you're not vaccinated you'll get Covid-19, Acute Care boss warns

NL Times  

Every person not vaccinated against Covid-19 will get the coronavirus, Ernst Kuipers, chairman of the National Acute Care Network, said on TV program Jinek on Tuesday evening. "If you want to keep care available to everyone, a cancer patient or a corona patient, then we have to do something about the total number of corona patients who come in during …

San Francisco closes In-N-Out Burger for not checking customers’ vaccine status
3 years, 2 months ago

San Francisco closes In-N-Out Burger for not checking customers’ vaccine status

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The In-N-Out burger chain in San Francisco was temporarily shut …

COVID vaccine disinformation a big reason behind low inoculation rates, officials say
3 years, 2 months ago

COVID vaccine disinformation a big reason behind low inoculation rates, officials say

LA Times  

Alan Antolin administers a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Steven Katz at a mobile clinic set up by McDonald’s and the California Department of Public Health in the parking lot behind a restaurant on Diamond Bar Boulevard in Diamond Bar. “Although the report was false, farmworkers saw that in their 6 p.m. news and automatically thought, ‘Well, what if …

Covid-19 vaccine health care worker holdouts: For them, it’s personal. For their hospitals it’s professional
3 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19 vaccine health care worker holdouts: For them, it’s personal. For their hospitals it’s professional

CNN  

CNN — Being a nurse means everything to Andrea Babinski, but she is willing to risk it all – the connections to colleagues she likes, the patients she cares for, not to mention the steady paycheck – for a simple belief. “We’re in every facet of health care so the influence of nurses and helping people to decide to receive …

Some US governors say Covid hospitalizations are going down but warn of what could come next if more people don’t get vaccinated
3 years, 2 months ago

Some US governors say Covid hospitalizations are going down but warn of what could come next if more people don’t get vaccinated

CNN  

CNN — Some governors are beginning to report encouraging signs in their state’s Covid-19 numbers, but warn of what could come next if more people don’t get vaccinated. Kaiser noted that the bulk of the interviews for September’s poll happened before Pfizer announced on September 20 that its Covid-19 vaccine was safe and generated a “robust” antibody response in children …

New York’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers leads to suspension of hundreds of holdouts
3 years, 2 months ago

New York’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers leads to suspension of hundreds of holdouts

CNN  

New York CNN — Hundreds of unvaccinated health care workers across New York were suspended Tuesday and could soon lose their jobs entirely as the state’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers went into effect overnight. “This new information shows that holding firm on the vaccine mandate for health care workers is simply the right thing to do to …

As Vaccine Deadlines Approach, Hospitals Fear Staffing Shortages Will Occur
3 years, 2 months ago

As Vaccine Deadlines Approach, Hospitals Fear Staffing Shortages Will Occur

NPR  

As Vaccine Deadlines Approach, Hospitals Fear Staffing Shortages Will Occur Enlarge this image toggle caption Eduardo Munoz/AP Eduardo Munoz/AP Hospitals and nursing homes around the U.S. are bracing for worsening staff shortages as state deadlines arrive for health care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19. We are concerned about how it will exacerbate an already quite serious staffing problem," said …

US Covid-19 update: Get vaccinated to help prevent more variants down the road
3 years, 2 months ago

US Covid-19 update: Get vaccinated to help prevent more variants down the road

CNN  

CNN — Adequate rates of vaccination can help prevent the rise of new mutations that could force people to get booster after booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine, the head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday. CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “Our goal right now is to stay ahead of the …

A champion of COVID-19 vaccines, Newsom fights plan to mandate them for prison guards
3 years, 3 months ago

A champion of COVID-19 vaccines, Newsom fights plan to mandate them for prison guards

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation have continued to fight the request to mandate COVID vaccinations for all corrections guards and staff. Seeking a vaccine mandate for all state prison guards and staff, a federal court-appointed receiver overseeing the medical care of California’s prisons argued Friday that there have been 11 coronavirus-related deaths since August among …

Inland Empire COVID-19 hospitalizations far worse than L.A. Here’s why
3 years, 3 months ago

Inland Empire COVID-19 hospitalizations far worse than L.A. Here’s why

LA Times  

For Monica Escamilla, the text messages came in like clockwork. At Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, the severely ill patients in the intensive care unit are unvaccinated, and an “overwhelming majority of them regret not getting the vaccine,” said Dr. Sam Hessami, the hospital’s chief medical officer. In addition to unvaccinated patients winding up in intensive care, the hospital’s …

Can California avoid another COVID-19 surge? Britain offers a sober warning
3 years, 3 months ago

Can California avoid another COVID-19 surge? Britain offers a sober warning

LA Times  

California’s overall pandemic trends appear to be improving, led especially by declining hospitalizations in Southern California and the Bay Area, although hospitals in the Central Valley and the rural north remain under terrible strain. But if all vaccinated people stopped wearing masks, and variants spread even faster than expected, daily deaths could reach 500 a day by mid-November, according to …

West Hollywood to require COVID-19 vaccination proof at restaurants, bars, nightclubs
3 years, 3 months ago

West Hollywood to require COVID-19 vaccination proof at restaurants, bars, nightclubs

LA Times  

A COVID-19 vaccine dose being prepared. On Friday, West Hollywood officials announced that beginning no later than Oct. 11, anyone 18 or older will have to show proof of full vaccination to go inside city facilities and certain businesses. West Hollywood city officials issued a sweeping vaccination mandate Friday that will require people to show proof of inoculation against COVID-19 …

COVID-19 vaccinations lagging despite FDA’s full approval of Pfizer shots
3 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19 vaccinations lagging despite FDA’s full approval of Pfizer shots

LA Times  

Angela Saveva, 21, a teacher’s assistant at San Fernando Middle School, receives the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine from Tracy Jones, a licensed vocational nurse. “We haven’t seen a boost here,” Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said last week. Santa Clara County, Northern California’s most populous, reported 9,310 first-dose vaccinations in the week before the FDA’s …

The big change coming to California neighborhoods
3 years, 3 months ago

The big change coming to California neighborhoods

LA Times  

Hi and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. As my colleague Erin B. Logan reported earlier this week, the Biden administration praised California’s potential end of single-family-only zoning as a way to promote broader affordability in the state. We spent a lot of time talking about the history of single-family-only zoning in California and its pros and cons on the …

‘Momentous occasion’ as 80% statewide have gotten at least one vaccine dose
3 years, 3 months ago

‘Momentous occasion’ as 80% statewide have gotten at least one vaccine dose

LA Times  

Registered nurse Priscilla V. gives a COVID-19 vaccination to Dean Iida, 17, a senior at Eagle Rock High School, during a mobile vaccination clinic on Monday. Despite that progress, Newsom said the state was working on “more culturally competent outreach to meet people, quite literally, where they are” and “doing more to try to do better, including in our rural …

California health officials report signs of ‘encouraging’ Covid trends but warn residents not to let their guard down
3 years, 3 months ago

California health officials report signs of ‘encouraging’ Covid trends but warn residents not to let their guard down

CNN  

CNN — California health officials say the number of new Covid-19 infections reported statewide appears to be leveling off and recent trends are showing “encouraging” signs following a surge of cases and hospitalizations driven by the Delta variant. In Los Angeles County, which is leading the state in Covid-19 hospitalizations, health officials said this week the Covid-19 infection rate among …

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