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Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County’s Public Health System on Track to Vaccinate 30K Residents a Week – NBC Bay Area
Santa Clara County’s public health system is on track to vaccinate 30,000 residents a week, officials said Friday. Santa Clara Valley Medical Center has established five vaccination sites, including mass vaccination sites at Berger Drive and Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. The Berger location has the capacity to vaccinate 1,300 people and the Fairgrounds can vaccinate …
‘We’re At A Breaking Point;’ COVID Ambulance Diversons Becoming Common In Santa Clara County – CBS San Francisco
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) — There is more evidence of the growing strain on hospitals in Santa Clara County as multiple hospitals intermittently divert ambulance calls because of capacity concerns. On Thursday, one ambulance after another arrived at El Camino Hospital, not to hurry patients in for care, but to ferry handfuls of them out …
Santa Clara County Health Workers Seek Out Small Businesses To Spread Safe COVID-19 Practices – CBS San Francisco
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) — Santa Clara County is stepping up outreach efforts to help small businesses survive the pandemic and the economic downturn. County health workers went door-to-door Wednesday along Alum Rock Avenue spreading the word to struggling small businesses: safe health practices can keep their essential workers on the job and their businesses …
Struggling Salon Owner Defies County Health Order, Stays Open During Pandemic – NBC Bay Area
A South Bay hair salon owner said he has no choice but to defy county orders to shut his business down. The move comes less than two weeks after another high-profile salon standoff ended with a visit from police. One of the owners of Bella Bal-Lance Salon said they are not hiding the fact that …
Outdoor Dining OK in Santa Clara County; New Health Order to Go Into Effect Monday – NBC Bay Area
After days of confusion, California has approved Santa Clara County’s variance application, which allows for outdoor dining to continue and the county’s new health order to take effect next week, the county announced Tuesday. The health order announced last week will allow for more activities and businesses, such as hair and nail salons, and limited …
Santa Clara County Orders All Large Health Care Providers To Offer Free COVID-19 Testing – CBS San Francisco
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — Santa Clara County ordered on Wednesday all large health care systems in the county to provide free coronavirus testing for all patients in high-risk categories, including people who regularly ride mass transit. County Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody said that while many health care providers are already providing COVID-19 …
Santa Clara County Declares ‘Local Health Emergency’ Amid Novel Coronavirus – NBC Bay Area
Santa Clara County declared a local health emergency Monday which will be in effect for 30 days. This does not mean that residents are at greater risk of infection with the novel coronavirus, authorities said. Instead, will allow health authorities to be better prepared to respond to an outbreak. The declaration will also allow the …
11 cases of coronavirus confirmed in U.S. as worldwide numbers grow; First death outside China reported in Philippines
Three more cases of the new coronavirus were confirmed in the U.S. on Sunday, all in California, bringing the total number of people in the country with the disease to 11. The weekend also saw the first death blamed on the the flu-like outside of China. As of Monday morning there were at least 17,205 …
Health Officials Confirm 2nd, 3rd, 4th Cases of Coronavirus in Bay Area and Neighboring County – NBC Bay Area
A woman in the San Francisco Bay Area who became ill after returning from a trip to China has become the ninth person in the U.S. to test positive for a new virus, health authorities said Sunday. Within hours, two more cases of the virus were confirmed in San Benito county, just below Gilroy, bringing …
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