California coronavirus updates: The latest on the pandemic

Ariel Garcia, 5, receives a COVID-19 vaccination at the La Clinica de la Raza community vaccination site in Oakland on Jan. 4, 2022. Martin do Nascimento/CalMatters

教育

The battle over vaccine rules for kids reignites in California

Lawmakers want to create stricter vaccine mandates, especially for children. They anticipate an especially fierce fight in the coming months.

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Joe Hong

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伊丽莎白·阿奎莱拉

• 1 月 27, 2022

新冠病毒

Omicron blazes through California child care providers already reeling from COVID

Child care centers were already struggling prior to the omicron variant. Now a dire situation has gotten even worse.

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伊丽莎白·阿奎莱拉

• 1 月 26, 2022

C Transit driver Brandi Donaldson is photographed at a bus stop near her home in Rodeo on Jan. 24, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento/CalMatters

新冠病毒

Transit worker shortage ripples through California economy

So many employees are sick with COVID or scared to come into work that it's disrupting public transit service. That is having an impact on the workforce and the economy.

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萨米娅·卡马尔

• 1 月 25, 2022

Roxanna Torres prepares a to-go order at Baker & Commons in Berkeley on Jan.19, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento/CalMatters

新冠病毒

6 things to know about omicron’s risks on the job

With 7 million Californians infected, how risky is it to work? When is it safe for omicron-infected workers to return?

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安娜·B·伊瓦拉

• 1 月 21, 2022

Sonia Vasquez and her daughter Angelique Sepulveda leave a back-to-school clinic for COVID-19 testing, vaccines, and free backpacks in Los Angeles on Aug. 12, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

新冠病毒

Amid low COVID vaccine rates, more California children hospitalized in omicron surge

The number of California children diagnosed with COVID-19 during the omicron variant surge has "skyrocketed," challenging earlier notions that the coronavirus largely bypassed children. Child vaccination rates are relatively low, and children who contract COVID-19 could be at increased risk for rare conditions and diabetes.

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伊丽莎白·阿奎莱拉

• 1 月 17, 2022

Diane Ahern swabs herself for COVID-19 at a testing site at the Long Beach Airport in Long Beach on Jan. 11, 2022. “I need to get tested every three days to be able to visit my parents at their retirement home,” Ahern said. “I’m nervous.” Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters

新冠病毒

Free tests? As COVID surges, rapid results cost up to $300

Although state and federal rules require COVID tests to be free or covered by health insurance, people often have to pay hundreds of dollars upfront.

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安娜·B·伊瓦拉

• 1 月 14, 2022

A patient with COVID-19 is treated by staff in the intensive care unit at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Orange on July 23, 2021. REUTERS/Omar Younis

新冠病毒

California hospitals predict COVID crisis will last 4-6 weeks

California hospitals are expecting COVID-19-infected patients to triple by the end of January, with the surge expected to last until the end of February.

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黄克莉丝汀

• 1 月 13, 2022

A service worker at Chalio Mexican Restaurant in East Los Angeles on May 26, 2021. Legislators are discussing supplemental paid sick leave for COVID-19. Photo by Lucy Nicholson, Reuters

政治

Will COVID sick leave return to California?

Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democratic leaders in the Legislature and labor unions are negotiating how to bring back extra paid sick leave for COVID. One big issue: Will businesses get state help to offset their costs?.

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萨米娅·卡马尔

• 1 月 12, 2022

Patients are held in the hallway as St. Mary Medical Center responds to a surge in COVID-19 cases in Apple Valley, on January 12, 2021. Photo by Mike Blake, Reuters

新冠病毒

California weighs order canceling elective surgeries as COVID depletes hospital staffs

As a third of hospitals report critical staffing shortages, California’s health department is considering issuing an order postponing many elective surgeries. Many procedures, including a lung transplant, already have been canceled.

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Barbara Feder Ostrov

• 1 月 9, 2022

Florinda Matias Pablo receives a COVID-19 vaccination at the La Clinica de la Raza community vaccination site in Oakland on Jan. 4, 2022. Martin do Nascimento/CalMatters

新冠病毒

Unboosted: California COVID-19 booster rate falls below 40% in most counties

In 19 California counties, less than a third of vaccinated residents are boosted. In some counties, it's less than 25%. One health official blames "pandemic fatigue."

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黄克莉丝汀

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安娜·B·伊瓦拉

• 1 月 7, 2022