Monterey Countyās Covid-19 vaccination rates remain stable
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Monterey County Health Officer Dr. Edward Moreno said the county continues to make Covid-19 vaccines available and is looking toward younger demographics to raise vaccination rates during a press briefing on June 9.
Of county residents age 12 and older, 63% have...
New York City and California to require vaccines or tests for workers
The push to mandate coronavirus vaccinations amid sharply rising caseloads nationwide accelerated Monday, as the countryās most populous state and its largest city both announced that they would require hundreds of thousands of government workers to get inoculations or face weekly testing.
At the same...
All California adults can now get a vaccine. You just have to find one.
As of Thursday, every Californian age 16 and older is officially eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
That doesnāt mean it will be easy for everyone get a shot right away.
The vaccine rollout has been chaotic, according to various news reports and hundreds of emails...
Vaccination efforts continue as Monterey County moves to Orange Tier
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Vaccination numbers continue to climb in Monterey County, with County Health Officer Dr. Edward Moreno announcing that more than 35% of county residents age 16 and over have received at least one vaccine dose.
During a March 31 press briefing, Moreno noted...
What can reopen in California’s red tier?
CALIFORNIA ā Coronavirus cases have continued to recede. President Joe Biden said that there will be enough vaccine available for all U.S. adults by the end of May, sooner than previously expected, because of a deal with Johnson & Johnson to boost supply. More...
Finally, California is about to reopen
Weāve been waiting for this week for a long time.
After more than a year of complex, evolving rules governing where Californians can go and what we can do, on Tuesday, nearly all of them will go away.
California, the nationās most populous state, will be...
California has passed the 50,000-death mark, the most of any state
CALIFORNIA ā California surpassed 50,000 known coronavirus deaths Wednesday, the first state to reach that chilling milestone.
The news comes as a bleak reminder that the recent progress the state has made against the pandemic may be fragile. Most of those deaths were recorded recently,...
U.S. averaging 2 million vaccine doses administered per day
UNITED STATES ā The average number of vaccine doses being administered across the United States per day topped 2 million for the first time Wednesday, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A month ago, the average was about 1.3...
A year like no other: Monterey County health officials reflect on coronavirus anniversary
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Representatives from Monterey Countyās hospitals reflected on the one-year anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic and the many impacts felt locally during last weekās press briefing.
āThis past year has been very challenging for Monterey County residents,ā said Dr. Edward Moreno, the countyās...
California lost 175,000 ācreative economyā jobs, study finds
CALIFORNIA ā Arts advocates and elected officials in California called Thursday for additional government spending to avert what one organization leader called a āpending cultural depressionā brought on by the pandemic.
āThere is no economic recovery in our area unless a working creative engine is...