The woman's voice was unflinchingly confident as she spoke, addressing the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors during public comment. "It is unscientific," she said of.
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Humboldt County Public Health Laboratory staff member Alyssa McCloud catalogs incoming tests
In a draft of a rare joint statement, the Rural Association of Northern California Health Officers likens the current state of COVID-19 to a wildfire engulfing the entire region and urges residents to redouble efforts to curb the virus spread, warning if they wait for further state restrictions it may be too late.
While the statement is reportedly still being finalized, Del Norte Health Officer Warren Rehwaldt included its draft in a Dec. 18 letter to county residents.
The Northern California region remains the only in California not subject to the stay-at-home order issued by the state for regions where cumulative hospital intensive care capacity falls below 15 percent. As of Dec. 22, the 11 counties in Northern California have a combined 29.5 percent available ICU capacity, according to the state, despite escalating case counts but the health officers warn the region has a limited numbe
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(Updated) Public Health Couriers Fetch Del Norte s First COVID-19 Vaccine Doses From Humboldt, Distributes Them To Hospital, Skilled Nursing Staff
Del Norte’s first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine trickled into the county and was distributed to the local hospital and skilled nursing facility Monday.
But because the Pfizer vaccine has to be stored at extremely cold temperatures, Public Health Officer Dr. Warren Rehwaldt and other Public Health Branch staff had to go to Humboldt County to fetch the first portion of the county’s allocation.
To make good use of the doses it has, the Public Health Branch delivered the vaccine to a few other key people “further down the list,” in addition to staff at Sutter Coast Hospital and Lantern Health Crescent City, Rehwaldt told the