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Governor Newsom Requests President Trump Deploy USNS Mercy Hospital Ship to Port of Los Angeles |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/20/2020 09:00 AM
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Sacramento, CA....Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that he has sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting the immediate deployment of the USNS Mercy Hospital Ship to the Port of Los Angeles through September 1, 2020, to help decompress the state’s health care delivery system in Los Angeles in response to COVID-19.
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Dean M. Kelaita, MD, Local Health Officer, Calaveras County Public Health Department COVID-19 Udate |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/20/2020 11:41 AM
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San Andreas, CA...Dean M. Kelaita, MD, Local Health Officer, Calaveras County Public Health Department. Gave an update on the local COVID-19 fight.
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U.S. Covid-19 Infections Rise to 16,638, Deaths 216, Recovered 121 |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/20/2020 01:24 PM
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Baltimore, MD...The latest from the Coronavirus dashboard from Johns Hopkins University. As the infections start to spread in North American it tells the magnitude and spread of the problem. If you dig into it you can see when a country peaked and when they started the recovery phase. It is a great source for actual data including those who have recovered. Just click the image below...
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County Public Health Department on Local Implementation of Stay at Home Order |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/20/2020 02:48 PM
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San Andreas, CA...On the evening of March 19, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health issued a stay at home order for individuals living in the State of California. Exceptions to this order apply to sixteen essential services including: Chemical Sector; Commercial Facilities Sector; Communications Sector; Critical Manufacturing Sector; Dams Sector; Defense Industrial Base Sector; Emergency Services Sector; Energy Sector; Financial Services Sector; Food and Agriculture Sector; Government Facilities Sector; Healthcare and Public Health Sector; Information Technology Sector; Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste Sector; Transportation Systems Sector; and Water and Wastewater Systems Sector. These sixteen essential functions are critical to the health and well-being of Californians. If you are unclear if you are part of providing an essential service, please contact your employer.
 
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Dignity Health Offers Free Virtual Urgent Care Visits for Patients Experiencing COVID-19 Symptoms |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/20/2020 04:07 PM
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San Andreas, CA....Dignity Health Mark Twain Medical Center today announced the launch of a free virtual urgent care service, Virtual Care Anywhere, for anyone in our community experiencing mild to moderate symptoms of the new coronavirus. Virtual urgent care visits are being encouraged as an initial care option for anyone who would like to discuss symptoms characteristic of COVID-19 with a health care professional.
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Yosemite National Park Now Closed to All Visitors Until Further Notice |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/20/2020 04:19 PM
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Yosemite, CA...Yosemite National Park is announcing modifications to operations at the request of the local health department. As of 3:00 pm today, Friday, March 20, 2020, Yosemite National Park is closed to all park visitors until further notice. This closure will be enforced 24-hours a day/7-days a week and there will be no access permitted to Yosemite National Park.
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COVID-19 Guidance For Calaveras County Business Sectors |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/19/2020 02:38 PM
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San Andreas, CA...Following Governor Newsom’s recently released guidance, Calaveras Public Health has updated their COVID-19 webpage and includes a “Businesses tab” that will be updated as the situation changes. The website now includes information about business closures, social distancing, etc. Below are the guidance measures for certain business sectors and resources to assist businesses and keep our residents safe.
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Governor Gavin Newsom Issues Stay at Home Order for 40 Million Californians |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/19/2020 08:14 PM
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Sacramento, CA...Today, Governor Gavin Newsom issued a stay at home order to protect the health and well-being of all Californians and to establish consistency across the state in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. The California State Public Health Officer and Director of the California Department of Public Health is ordering all individuals living in the State of California to stay home or at their place of residence.
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Covid-19 Infections Rise Past 200,000 for First Time |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/18/2020 09:23 AM
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Baltimore, MD...Many of you may have seen the Coronavirus dashboard produced in part by Johns Hopkins University. As the infections start to spread in North American we thought we would post a link to it. We posted this a few days ago but it was time to post again. It is a great source for actual data including those who have recovered. Just click the image below...
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NIH Clinical Trial of Potential Vaccine for COVID-19 Begins. Study Enrolling Seattle-Based Volunteers |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/17/2020 06:55 AM
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Seattle, WA...A Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating an investigational vaccine designed to protect against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has begun at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) in Seattle. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, is funding the trial. KPWHRI is part of NIAID’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Consortium. The open-label trial will enroll 45 healthy adult volunteers ages 18 to 55 years over approximately 6 weeks. The first participant received the investigational vaccine today.
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