By JA
Jan 5, 2021
Health officials announced on Tuesday, that the more contagious strain of COVID-19, known as B.1.1.7, has been diagnosed in San Diego County.
This new variant, which emanated from the United Kingdom, has so far been identified in 28 confirmed cases and another 4 probable cases throughout the county of San Diego. The cases include 16 men and 16 women from the areas of Chula Vista, La Mesa, Lakeside and the San Diego City.
San Diego County Public Health Officer, Dr. Wilma Wooten said:
“The fact that these cases have been identified in multiple parts of the region shows that this strain of the virus could be rapidly spreading,” said Wilma Wooten, M.D., M.P.H. County public health officer. “People should be extra cautions to prevent getting and spreading COVID-19, especially this variant, which research has shown is more contagious.”
The San Diego County Public Health Department found more than two dozen new COVID-19 variant cases
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A French firefighter from the Sapeurs-Pompiers du Nord, who has been deployed from France to assist in testing, conducts a COVID-19 test on a driver at the Port of Dover in Kent, where thousands wait to resume their journey across The Channel after the borders with France reopened. Trucks inched slowly past checkpoints in Dover and headed across the Channel to Calais on Thursday after France partially reopened its borders following a scare over a rapidly spreading new virus variant.(Aaron Chown/PA via AP)
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As California works through vaccinating its top priority group against Sars-COV-2, the disease that causes COVID-19, the question on many people s minds is: Who comes next and when will it be my turn?
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday, Dec. 28, provided some clarity on the next phases of the vaccine process when he revealed the recommendations made by the California s Community Vaccine Advisory Committee.
The committee is following the Center for Disease Control and Prevention s guidelines but expands upon them to ensure the vaccine is allocated equitably across the state, according to the California Department of Public Health.