San Joaquin and Stanislaus were among the first counties impacted by the shift to Blue Shield, as the insurance company focused its efforts on communities where the virus disproportionately affected families.
County seeing progress in COVID-19 fight On April 1 all Californians 50 years and older can get the COVID-19 vaccine and on April 15 eligibility expands to anyone 16 years and older (Journal file photo)
Vaccination efforts in Stanislaus County are growing and COVID-19 cases are decreasing, giving some room to hope that the area will be able to move into a less restrictive tier by mid-March.
“This is the first good news we’ve had in a while,” said Stanislaus County Supervisor Vito Chiesa after being briefed on the current COVID-19 status at Tuesday’s meeting.
As of Monday, Stanislaus County expanded the vaccination efforts to Phase 1B, which is for people 50 years and older who work in education and childcare, emergency services and food and agriculture sectors.
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Forum answers community questions on reopening secondary schools Parents of Turlock Unified School District students learned more about what on-campus learning would look like for junior high and high school students during a virtual community forum held Thursday (Photo courtesy of TUSD).
After unveiling its plan to return secondary students to campus earlier this week, Turlock Unified School District on Thursday held a virtual forum in order to answer questions from parents, students and other community members.
The district’s 7-12 reopening plan, which can be viewed on the TUSD website, was met with backlash from some parents who believe the schedule does not provide enough in-person instruction for students. A large group showed up before Tuesday’s Board of Trustees meeting to protest the plan, which Superintendent Dana Salles Trevethan and Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services Heidi Lawler both addressed during Thursday