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Here are the latest developments on respiratory diseases in the US:
15 February 2021
8:15 am
The vaccination site for Oakland Coliseum opens tomorrow
A mass vaccination site opens tomorrow at the Oakland Coliseum. The site is operated jointly by state and federal agencies. They have access to another supply pool. The goal is to administer 6000 doses per day.
14 February 2021
11:45 am
California’s 7-day positivity rate at 3.7%, the lowest since November last year
California’s 7-day COVID-19 positivity rate fell to 3.7% on Sunday, the lowest since November. The total hospitalizations are now less than 9,000 nationwide.
New cases: 8,842 (3,399,878 total)
7-day average: 9,136
Average of 14 days: 11,181
Deaths: 408 (46,843 total)
7-day average: 414
Average 14 days: 439
7-day positivity rate: 3.7%
14-day positivity rate: 4.6%
Hospitalizations: 8,996
In ICU: 2,632
13 February 2021
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7-day positivity, 14-day positivity rate in CA for the first time this year less than five percent
For the first time in a few months, the seven- and fourteen-day positivity in California is below five percent. Hospitalizations dropped by more than 50% compared to the beginning of January when we had more than 20,000.
Deaths remain high due to the boom that lasted until the second week of January. Overall, the picture continues to improve for the state.
New Business: 9,421 (3,391,036 total)
7-day average: 10 025
Average of 14 days: 11,904
7-day positivity rate: 4.1% (was from 4.3% as of Friday)
14 day positivity rate: 4.9%
Deaths: 433 (46,435 total)
7-day average: 398
Average of 14 days: 444
Admitted to hospital: 9,444 (458 lower than Friday)
In ICU: 2,731 (118 less)
12 February 2021
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Vaccination in California can be extended to ages 16-64 with underlying health conditions
California expands the list of people eligible for coronavirus vaccination by another 4 to 6 million people. State Health Director, dr. Mark Ghaly, said on Friday that people between the ages of 16 and 64 who are severely disabled, and people with high-risk health conditions, could be in line for shots from March 15. Get more details here.
8:20 am
San Mateo Co
San Mateo County will expand vaccine admissions in just over a week for people working in essential jobs. From 22 February, teachers, childminders, first responders and people working in food and agriculture will be eligible. These workers were included in Phase 1-B of California’s vaccine framework. The supply issues have kept the Bay Area provinces from extending vaccinations to more groups.
11 February 2021
7:30 am
People who are fully vaccinated can skip COVID quarantines if they are exposed to someone who is infected, says CDC
People who have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus – that is to say, with two doses of the Pfizer / BioNTech or Moderna vaccine – can skip quarantine if they are exposed to someone infected with the virus, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Said Wednesday. Read more about the updated guidance here.
Fauci says ‘virtually everyone’ could start getting COVID-19 vaccines
Dr. Anthony Fauci predicts it will be an ‘open season’ for vaccinations in the US by April, as boosting the supply allows most people to take shots to protect against COVID-19. Get the full story here.
6:15 am
California High School Athletes Bring Petition to Newsom Governments
Today, 100 high school athletes, some from the Bay Area, will provide 10,000 signatures to Governor Gavin Newsom to bring sports back immediately. Newsom said at Levi’s Stadium on Tuesday that “we are making real progress” in starting sports again, but did not elaborate further. Only low-risk sports are allowed in the press level. Many families believe that the loss of a sports season severely harms the future of students.
10 February 2021
12:25 pm
2 cases of the South African COVID-19 variant found in Bay Area
Two cases of the South African COVID-19 variant were found in the Bay. One of the cases was found in Alameda County, according to Governor Gavin Newsom, and the other in Santa Clara County.
8 am
SJ approves the hero payment, but it may take a while
There’s an update on the pressure to pay heroes to workers in grocery stores in San Jose. The city council has approved a salary of $ 3 per hour. It may take some time for the regulation to come into force. It needed eight votes to start immediately, but the council voted 7-3. This means that the normal approval process of the city, which can take up to two months, will have to go through.
February 9, 2021
04:30
San Mateo Union High School District to Restart Personal Classes
San Mateo Union High School District says they will start classes again on their own. The teachers’ association and the school board have agreed on a phase reopening that will begin when San Mateo County moves into the Red Tier. Schools start with specialized programs for students with disabilities. Eventually, students who opt for personal tutoring will return to a hybrid system – alternating between personal and virtual.
8 February 2021
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SF will move to the next vaccine level in two weeks
San Francisco will soon move on to the next phase of vaccine distribution, Mayor London Breed announced on Tuesday. The city will begin Phase 1B from Feb. 24, Breed said. This means that teachers, child care workers, food and grocery workers and emergency service workers (police members included) are eligible to receive the vaccine. Get more details here.
7:25 am
Santa Clara Co limits indoor worship to 20% capacity
Santa Clara County has given the green light to hold indoor worship services. The province limits attendance to 20 percent of capacity. It follows a temporary order from a U.S. district court, which says the country was not exempt from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Friday that lifted California’s ban on indoor services.
8 February 2021
11:30 am
Governor Newsom speaks at Mass vaccination site in San Diego
Government Gavin Newsom spoke Monday in Petco Park in San Diego, which was turned into a site for mass vaccination. He said the state is constantly increasing the rate of vaccine distribution because he sees COVID-19 cases declining.
“Everything that needs to be up is up,” the governor said. ‘Everything that needs to be lower is down because it’s related to the number of cases, positivity, people being admitted to the hospital, people in our ICU. This is indeed encouraging news. (But with vaccinations, we can not move fast enough.) “
Newsom said California received about 1 million doses of vaccinations from the federal government last week – a figure that everyone admits from “the president” is too low.
7:15 am
Protests planned outside the Palo Alto School District
Parents plan to protest outside the Palo Alto school district today because they have not reopened schools for older students. The district reopened elementary schools for hybrid learning in October and plans to bring the sixth grade back in March. There are no plans to bring older students back to this fall, leaving many parents filling the gap in private schools. Today’s protest is from 4pm to 5pm at the Palo Alto Unified School District Office in Churchill and El Camino.
7 February 2021
8 am
Agreement to reopen the San Francisco schools reached by the district, teachers say
The union representing teachers in the San Francisco Unified School District says they have reached a preliminary agreement on reopening schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the union, schools can return to personal learning under the agreement once the city is in the Red Tier and staff and teachers are vaccinated on the spot. If no vaccinations are available, the agreement states that classrooms can reopen once the city is in the orange level, once the distribution of COVID-19 is considered moderate.
NEW: Trade unions representing San Francisco Unified’s teachers and workers say they have reached an agreement to allow schools to reopen.
The agreement states that personal classes can be resumed in the red level * as * vaccines. Classes can be resumed in orange levels without vaccinations. pic.twitter.com/dpbW1GrZ5s
– Liz Kreutz (@ABCLiz) 7 February 2021
6 February 2021
20:00
CA is reviewing indoor church guidelines following Supreme Court ruling, but Santa Clara Co. still prohibits indoor gatherings
The Government of California Gavin Newsom’s office has issued revised guidelines for indoor church services after the Supreme Court lifted the ban on indoor worship of the state during the coronavirus pandemic, but left restrictions on singing and chanting. But not all places of worship plan to reopen immediately. In a statement, health officials in Santa Clara County said: “We acknowledge that many people in our diverse faith community in Santa Clara County are eager to return to indoor worship services, and that some U.S. Supreme Court rulers last night upheld the United States decision. ‘s prohibition on indoor places of worship. However, at this crucial time, with still very high levels of COVID-19 transmission, it remains amid initial hopes that vaccines are essential to prevent potential events in the distributor, including indoor gatherings. . “Read the full story here.
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California reports new cases, deaths
California reported another 12,394 cases of COVID-19 on Friday and a total of 623 people died from the virus. More than 12,000 remain in the hospital, with 3,391 in the ICU around the world. California has so far reported a total of 3,320,862 cases of COVID-19.
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