COVID-19 cases have decreased nationally among healthcare workers from 257 at the beginning of October to 166 towards the end of the month. Out of the more recent cases, 78 cases were reported among vaccinated healthcare workers and 88 among unvaccinated workers.
Appointments are not needed at all Public Health vaccination sites where first, second, and third doses are available.
The honeymoon is over in communities where the Delta variant has taken hold. Since back to school, I’ve spent weeks filling in for principals, supervising children, checking children’s temperatures and providing them masks, directing traffic in the parking lot, picking up garbage, wiping down cafeteria tables — all of which are required to run safe schools in these times. I’ve talked to other heads of schools that can say the same thing or something similar since the start of this school year. The same culprit continues to affect us all — COVID-19. However, normally we have a village to manage these tasks. Now, we don’t.
As the weather changes and the public stays indoors, it’s even more important to consider vaccination according to Public Health
The number of coronavirus patients in Los Angeles County hospitals continues to fall, declining from 670 on Saturday to 656,
according to the latest data released by the state. The number of those patients in intensive care remained the same at 202. It was the 36th time in the past 41 days that the number of COVID patients in county hospitals declined, down from a summer peak of nearly 1,800 brought on by the more contagious Delta variant.
Health officials are making sure staff and eligible recipients receive vaccines and boosters.
Public Health wants patients to have better access to their COVID information and are offering the booster shots at sites offering the Pfizer vaccine.
The issues facing these communities throughout the South are not new.
While vaccination rates slightly increase, AB 832 is helping households struggling during the pandemic.
Multiple organizations receive funding to help health workers in communities hard hit by COVID-19.
On Aug. 31, California Gov. Gavin Newsom held a press conference at a vaccination clinic in Oakland to thank the majority of Californians for receiving at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Weekly testing is being recommended for youth 12 and older depending on circumstances.
The Pfizer vaccine is now licensed and approved for prevention of COVID-19.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the license for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 disease for individuals 16 and older. The licensing approval was announced after another thorough evaluation of safety and effectiveness. Muntu Davis, MD, MPH, a Los Angeles County Health Officer, is grateful for the approval and hopes it will ease the minds of those concerned about taking the vaccine.
Public Health urges pregnant women to take vaccine.