MANTECA – The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged students, parents, teachers and administrators in unimaginable ways.
For 10 months, school districts around the country have navigated uncharted waters, balancing what they believe is best for students while trying to ensure their health and safety amid a global pandemic that continues to rage.
Manteca Unified, the third largest public school district in San Joaquin County behind Stockton (41,679) and Lodi (31,400) with 24,000 students and about 3,000 staff members, according to the California Department of Education, started blended/hybrid learning on Nov. 2 when the county moved from the most restrictive purple tier to the red tier in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy. In the red tier, the district did not need a waiver from San Joaquin County Public Health Services.
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STOCKTON – Don’t expect San Joaquin County to be freed from the most restrictive stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic any time in the near future.
Dr. Maggie Park, San Joaquin County Public Health Officer, told the Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning that the County remains under State mandated COVID-19 restrictions that likely will stay in effect indefinitely or until ICU capacity improves.
For weeks public health and state officials have warned that Central and Southern California hospitals are quickly running out of intensive care unit beds for coronavirus patients ahead of a presumed post-holiday surge. But what exactly does it mean to be at 0% ICU capacity?
San Joaquin County’
For weeks public health and state officials have warned that Central and Southern California hospitals are quickly running out of intensive care unit beds for coronavirus patients ahead of a presumed post-holiday surge. But what exactly does it mean to be at 0% ICU capacity?
San Joaquin County s seven hospitals have 99 licensed ICU beds, according to the county s Emergency Medical Services Agency. On Tuesday, the county was at 155% capacity of those beds, with hospitals having to add an additional 54 to accommodate the surge in ICU patients. That number dropped to 53 overflow beds by Wednesday afternoon, EMS reported.
While the county is technically over its ICU capacity, EMS spokeswoman Marissa Matta said that doesn t mean hospitals will run out of beds. But she also said that current capacity levels are still a reason for serious concern.
Dec. 30—As COVID-19 vaccines become available for frontline workers across California, members of the general public are unsure when and how they will be able to receive their doses.
According to the California Department of Public Health, only health care workers and residents of long-term ca