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A child in California with severe underlying medical conditions has died after contracting the novel coronavirus, a health official in the state said this week.
Dr. Julie Vaishampayan, the Stanislaus County health officer, announced the fatality when giving an update on the coronavirus epidemic to the county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, the Modesto Bee, a local outlet, reported.
Vaishampayan did not reveal the child’s gender or age, saying only that he or she suffered from severe underlying medical conditions that may have contributed to their death.
With Latino COVID-19 cases a problem for Stanislaus County, vaccine education starts now
Stanislaus County is hoping families can spread the word on the vaccine, even if it means calling your mom and convincing her to tell the family that it s safe. Author: Eric Escalante Updated: 5:44 PM PST January 3, 2021
STANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. For Stanislaus County, vaccine education for the Latino populations starts now.
With 64% of all the COVID-19 cases in the county being Latino, the way forward is inherently linked to getting the population vaccinated.
Kamlesh Kaur, a spokesperson for Stanislaus County Health Services Agency, said the Latino community was disproportionately impacted due in part to the sectors where many of them worked and due to many living in multi-generational households that spread the virus.
Stay-at-home order extended for Stanislaus County
The stay-at-home-order for Stanislaus County residents will continue for the foreseeable future as hospitals continue to struggle with mounting COVID-19 cases.
California Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. Mark Ghaly announced on Tuesday that the stay-at-home orders would continue for the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California because the two regions have an ICU capacity of 0%.
Ghaly also outlined guidelines for hospitals in hard hit areas, like the San Joaquin Valley, that could soon be forced into crisis care operations, which could include rationing treatment when staffing and resources are in short supply. When medical professionals have to make such decisions, the state guidelines do not allow for them to be based on age, gender, race, ability to pay or previous medical conditions, according to Kim McCoy Wade, director of the California Department of Aging. The decisions must be made solely on the
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Fully automated driverless trains to be extended to the Pink Line by June 2021
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The first automated driverless metro train on the Magenta Line during the inaugural run from Jasola Vihar-Shaheen Bagh to Janakpuri West, in Delhi on Monday.
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Fully automated driverless trains to be extended to the Pink Line by June 2021
Driverless train operations on the Delhi Metro’s 37 km-long Magenta Line began on Monday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the first train, via videoconferencing, from the Jasola Vihar-Shaheen Bagh metro station.
County to receive 3,900 COVID vaccine doses
Stanislaus County will be getting the initial allotment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines within days and will start administering it to frontline healthcare workers soon.
The county s first shipment will be 3,900 doses of the vaccination and is going to be given to frontline healthcare workers in the county, said Stanislaus County Health Services Agency spokesperson Kamlesh Kaur. The vaccine requires two shots for the highest level of protection, so the first shipment will not be enough to vaccinate all frontline healthcare workers, Kaur said.
The state received the first 33,000 doses from Pfizer on Monday. About 300,000 more doses are scheduled to be distributed this week and nearly 400,000 additional doses are expected next week, according to the Associated Press. Subsequent doses will also be set aside for healthcare workers, as well as residents and workers at long-term care and skilled-nursing facilities, who can expe