COVID-19
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Bay Area Health Agencies Track The More Contagious Delta Variant, as L.A. County Issues Mask Advisory
There have been mounting concerns over the increasing spread of the Delta strain of the coronavirus, as the variant remained on track to become the most dominant in the U.S. with more cases of the strain being detected across California. Concerns over the variant prompted Los Angeles County’s health department on Monday to issue an alert strongly advising residents to wear a mask in indoor public places, regardless of their vaccination status. Health officials said recent figures showed that new cases of the Delta strain made up almost half of all variants sequenced in Los Angeles County. KTVU Read more
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Will Bay Area Officials Reimpose Mask Mandate Due to Delta Variant?
The World Health Organization recently issued a recommendation urging vaccinated people to continue to wear a face covering amid the spread of the highly infections Delta variant. Shortly after, Los Angeles County in Southern California urged even vaccinated residents to wear a mask indoors to avoid the spread of the variant. Will Bay Area officials follow suit and reimpose the mask mandate, too? State health leaders, for now, remain focused on vaccinations. NBC Bay Area Read more
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Bay Area Moves Into Vaccine Long Game: "One Person Getting Vaccinated is a Success"
On a recent afternoon in San Francisco’s Excelsior district, Katherine Flores waved down a stranger to ask: “Have you been vaccinated?” Joel Marquez said he had not - he’d had an appointment a few weeks ago, but missed it because his wife was sick that day. Flores sprang into action, firing off a series of questions she’d been trained to ask as a “vaccine ambassador” who goes door to door, street by street, to try to get San Franciscans vaccinated against COVID-19. SF Chronicle Read more
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SF Announces "Important Milestone" as 70% of Latinos Now Vaccinated
Nearly three quarters of San Francisco's Latino residents have received at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine - marking a major milestone for a community that once had the highest case rates in the city - city officials said on Monday. So far, 70 percent of the city's eligible Latinos aged 12 and up, about 93,000 people, have received at least one dose of the vaccine. NBC Bay Area Read more
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San Mateo County Closes In On 90% With At Least 1 Dose
San Mateo County is focused on getting as many people vaccinated as possible as its COVID-19 vaccination rate has slowed down but continues to increase. As of Monday, 88 percent of county residents 16 and older have received at least their first shot, compared to 85 percent three weeks ago. While COVID-19 case numbers have been low in San Mateo County, public health officials expect that the delta variant is present in the county. KPIX5 Read more
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Moderna Says Vaccine Works Against Delta Variant, as WHO Warns of Global Spread
The coronavirus vaccine developed by U.S. biotech firm Moderna is effective against the highly contagious delta variant, the company said in a release Tuesday, offering some hope even as the World Health Organization warned that the variant has spread to at least 96 countries. Washington Post Read more
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Three Studies, One Result: Vaccines Point The Way Out of The Pandemic
Three scientific studies released on Monday offered fresh evidence that widely used vaccines will continue to protect people against the coronavirus for long periods, possibly for years, and can be adapted to fortify the immune system still further if needed. Most people immunized with the mRNA vaccines may not need boosters, one study found, so long as the virus and its variants do not evolve much beyond their current forms - which is not guaranteed. Mix-and-match vaccination shows promise, a second study found, and booster shots of one widely used vaccine, if they are required, greatly enhance immunity, according to a third report. NY Times Read more
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Mixing AstraZeneca, Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines Provides "Robust" Protection, Study Says
A pre-clinical study published in The Lancet on June 25 found that mixing AstraZeneca with a second dose of Pfizer provides "robust" protection from severe COVID-19. The pre-clinical study was conducted in the United Kingdom beginning in February with 830 people enrolled to receive one of four combinations of vaccines. KTVU Read more
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To Fully Vaccinate Children Against COVID-19 By The Time School Starts, Many Parents Must Act Now
While it's a bit of a bummer to think about going back to school before it's even the Fourth of July, in many parts of the country, if you want your child to be immunized against COVID-19 by the time classes start, you need to act fast. Many large school systems start school in the first two weeks of August. CNN Read more
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Here Are The Groups That Still Won’t Get The COVID Vaccine
As vaccination rates continue to fall and leave the U.S. dangerously vulnerable to new outbreaks of COVID-19, polling from the Kaiser Family Foundation reveals which groups resist vaccines the most - Republicans, Evangelicals, young people lead - and why, though not all reasons stand up to scrutiny. Forbes Read more
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18 States Have Already Reached Biden’s July 4 Vaccine Goal
Eighteen states have already hit President Joe Biden’s goal of vaccinating 70% of American adults with at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine by July 4, though the country overall remains off pace. Forbes Read more
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L.A. County Urges Everyone to Wear Masks Indoors as Delta Variant Spreads
With the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus continuing to spread statewide, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is recommending that all residents wear masks in public indoor spaces - regardless of whether they’ve been vaccinated for COVID-19. Monday’s announcement is one of the clearest signals yet of just how seriously health officials are taking the strain, and the danger it poses, particularly to those who have yet to be inoculated. LA Times Read more
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Google to Reopen California Offices on Voluntary Basis in July
Google is reopening its California offices on a voluntary basis starting July 12, a key step as it prepares to require most workers back in September for at least three days a week. The tech giant won’t require that workers be vaccinated, but those who provide proof can remove their masks in the office. Unvaccinated employees or those who don’t provide verification will be subject to a mask mandate and weekly coronavirus testing, a spokesperson said. Tech companies have generally declined to have vaccination mandates. SF Chronicle Read more
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"Long COVID" Is a Risk For The Unvaccinated
For untold numbers of people around the world, a bout with COVID-19 is just the beginning. Those in this unlucky group may have thought they’d recovered from the disease. But weeks or months later, they find themselves contending with a baffling array of symptoms that don’t quite add up to COVID-19 and just won’t go away. Scientists can’t say for certain how many people ultimately suffer from the lingering symptoms, why exactly they occur or whether any particular population is more at risk. LA Times
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Concern Over The Delta Variant Triggers Lockdowns in Asian and Pacific Countries
Countries across the Asia-Pacific region are scrambling to slow the spread of the more infectious Delta variant, reimposing restrictions and stay-at-home orders in a jarring reminder - for societies that had just begun to reopen - that the pandemic is far from over. NY Times Read more
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The COVID Pandemic’s Lingering Impact On Clinical Trials
It’s like time stopped,” says Emilia Bagiella, a clinical trial statistician at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.
When Bagiella left work one day in early March 2020, she hadn’t fully grasped how long it would be until she came back. But even though the reality of the pandemic had not fully hit her, a thought crossed her mind: “What’s going to happen to all of these clinical trials?” Nature Read more
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Face Masks That Can Detect Coronavirus: Harvard, MIT Researchers Create Wearable Tech
The face mask that you wear in the future could alert you of a coronavirus diagnosis, thanks to researchers at Harvard University and MIT. Researchers have created wearable biosensors that can detect the presence of the virus in a person’s breath. These button-activated masks give COVID results within 90 minutes in a simple-to-read format similar to an at-home pregnancy test. Mercury News Read more
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12 Lessons COVID-19 Taught Us About Developing Vaccines During a Pandemic
The extraordinary drive to develop COVID-19 vaccines was like a moonshot - and like that fabled acceleration of space exploration science, it delivered. Just a little over six months after the first COVID vaccines were authorized for use, nearly 3 billion vaccine doses have been administered around the globe. The world got very lucky; so much went right in the quest for vaccines to end this pandemic. STAT Read more
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Confirmed Cases
Bay Area: 450,044
California: 3,818,024
U.S.: 33,658,635
Alameda County
Vaccines Administered: 2,081,039
Cases: 90,211
Deaths: 1,274
Test Positivity: 1.5%
Hospitalized Patients: 56
ICU Beds Available: 110
Cases have increased recently and are high. The number of hospitalized COVID patients has also risen in the Alameda County area. Deaths have decreased. The test positivity rate in Alameda County is relatively low, suggesting that testing capacity is adequate for evaluating COVID-19 spread in the area. NY Times
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Reported Deaths
Bay Area: 6,282
California: 63,639
U.S.: 604,614
Contra Costa County
Vaccines Administered: 1,422,682
Cases: 71,250
Deaths: 816
Test Positivity: 1.8%
Hospitalized Patients: 30
ICU Beds Available: 54
Cases have stayed about the same recently and are still high. The number of hospitalized COVID patients and deaths in the Contra Costa area have also remained at about the same level. The test positivity rate in Contra Costa County is relatively low, suggesting that testing capacity is adequate for evaluating COVID-19 spread in the area. NY Times
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Can Your Employer Require You to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?
With millions of people out of work and millions of others forced to work from home, the pandemic has reshaped the nation's labor force. And it's not done yet. As the unemployed look ahead to getting hired and remote employees prepare for a return to the workplace, many are contemplating the same question: Could they eventually be required to get a COVID-19 vaccination if they want to keep their jobs? AARP
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- COVID-19 testing is a good idea, but keep in mind, people who test negative can still harbor the virus if they are early in their infection.
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A viral test tells you if you have a current infection.
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An antibody test might tell you if you had a past infection.
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Over the last seven days, Alameda County officials have reported 455 new coronavirus cases, which amounts to 28 cases per 100,000 residents. |
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Over the last seven days, Contra Costa County officials have reported 380 new coronavirus cases, which amounts to 34 cases per 100,000 residents. |
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Top 10 Locations of Cases in
Alameda County, as of 6/30/21
Oakland: 28,194
Hayward: 13,912
Fremont: 8,202
Eden MAC: 6,051
San Leandro: 5,618
Livermore: 4,377
Union City: 4,093
Berkeley: 3,668
Newark: 2,847
Castro Valley: 2,634
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Top 10 Locations of Cases in
Contra Costa County, as of 6/30/21
Richmond: 11,896
Antioch: 10,040
Concord: 8,259
Pittsburg: 7,092
San Pablo: 5,400
Brentwood: 3,992
Oakley: 3,383
Walnut Creek: 2,943
Bay Point: 2,838
San Ramon: 2,164
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About Eden Health District |
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The Eden Health District Board of Directors are Chair Mariellen Faria, Vice Chair Pam Russo, Secretary/Treasurer Roxann Lewis, Gordon Galvan and Varsha Chauhan. The Chief Executive Officer is Mark Friedman.
The Eden Health District is committed to ensuring that policy makers and community members receive accurate and timely information to help make the best policy and personal choices to meet and overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
We welcome your feedback on our bulletin. Please contact editor Lisa Mahoney.
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