A Northern California county has launched a house-to-house corona virus testing pilot program in the majority Latin community, which has become a virus hot spot.
Santa Clara County volunteers began providing self-testing equipment last week in the eastern San Jose area of Silicon Valley, where 55% of Latinos and many residents say the test sites are not easily accessible, officials say.
Color communities across the country are proportionately affected by the virus.
Efforts by Santa Clara County More than 325,000 drugs of a COVID-19 vaccine were flown to California on Sunday, with registered case numbers and intensive care unit capacity declining.
The first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine left Michigan early Sunday morning for 145 distribution centers across the country. Vaccines are available based on the number of adults in the states, with additional exports coming this week.
The vaccine goes to hospitals and other sites across the country, where it can be stored at extremely low temperatures – below zero to 94 degrees. Pfizer uses containers with dry ice and GPS-enabled sensors to ensure that each ship is cooler than the weather in Antarctica.
In California – another record of new confirmed cases created on Saturday – there will be specific allocations to districts that will be distributed to hospitals designated by state health officials to ensure they have adequate storage capacity, serve high-risk health care people and have the ability to be vaccinated. People quickly. Vaccinating health workers is at the forefront of an epidemic that has affected more than 16 million people and killed nearly 298,000 in the United States alone.
Government Gavin Newsom Tweeted A panel of medical experts from the western states will meet on Saturday to discuss the vaccine and ensure it is safe for public use. Newsom said distribution could begin on Sunday.
Vaccinations are coming as the holiday season is getting better and the situation is getting worse across the country and throughout the day in California. Public health officials fear the hospital will continue to rise as people ignore the already rising infection rates and precautionary measures for gathering during the holidays.
On Saturday, the number of ICU beds available in the San Joaquin Valley plummeted to zero for the first time, and San Francisco recorded 323 new cases, the highest since the outbreak began. Millions of Californians in the majority of the state are in shelter.