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Yolo County may not have made it to the least-restrictive yellow tier in the state’s COVID-19 blueprint, but…

To test or not to test: Conflicting advice for those who are vaccinated Yolo County and Healthy Davis Together appear to be at odds over whether fully vaccinated individuals should continue to get regularly tested for COVID-19. During a Davis City Council meeting last week, Healthy Davis Together officials urged residents to continue to get tested even after being vaccinated, citing breakthrough cases of fully vaccinated individuals who have tested positive. But Yolo County Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson said Thursday she discourages routine testing of people who are fully vaccinated and hav...

Decline in testing raises concerns for Healthy Davis Together leaders 5 minute read Healthy Davis Together reported an uptick in new COVID-19 cases as well as the test positivity rate recently. HDT provides asymptomatic testing to everyone who lives or works in Davis as well as their family members. Healthy Davis Together graphic Support Local Journalism B.1.1.7 variant now accounts for 75 percent of local cases Asymptomatic COVID-19 testing by Healthy Davis Together has given Davis one of the lowest test-positivity rates in California, but those overseeing the unique city-campus partnership...

In Davis, there is a pilot program in place to identify COVID-19 in the classroom. The detection program, however, doesn't involve testing students and instead uses cutting-edge technology to track the virus first.A UC Davis scientist came up with the idea to test the filtration system in classrooms for signs of the virus. Two schools implemented it three weeks ago, and, so far, it's working. The participating schools have identified cases of COVID-19 before it spread to more students. High-efficiency particulate air, or "HEPA," filters are in every classroom in the district, but the tes...

Healthy Davis Together expands vaccination program 5 minute read Dr. Sheri Belafsky, left, chats with nurse Sarah Jorgensen at Thursday’s vaccine clinic in Woodland. Belafsky is the medical director of Healthy Davis Together, which is running the clinic. Anne Ternus-Bellamy/Enterprise photo Support Local Journalism Shares Jessica DeZarn, a UC Davis nurse, pulls individual doses from a vial of Covid-19 vaccine at the Healthy Davis Together/CommuniCare vaccine clinic now open to the general public in Woodland. Anne Ternus-Bellamy/Enterprise photo In the year-long battle against COVID-19, few...