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Amid record surge in COVID-19 cases, vaccines for Kern County delayed Amid this record surge in COVID cases in Kern County comes word that the Pfizer vaccine has yet to make it's way here. This as concern over ICU capacity continues to grow. According to the Kern County Public Health Department, the state says those vaccines won't arrive until the end of the week. Posted at 5:07 PM, Dec 15, 2020 and last updated 2020-12-15 20:25:20-05 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — It was a record-breaking day for Kern County in its fight against COVID-19. Tuesday marked the single highest number of daily...

On the day Kern County reported its highest-ever number of new coronavirus cases, the Board of Supervisors extended several measures designed to manage a protracted surge of COVID-19 illnesses. Kern County finds itself once again as a coronavirus hotspot. Public Health Services Director Matt Constantine said during a supervisors meeting on Tuesday that new cases have been identified throughout many of Kern’s skilled nursing facilities and prisons, both of which are vulnerable to rapid spread of the virus. Of the 2,082 cases reported on Tuesday, around 800 were from prisons or the county�...

Court issues preliminary injunction protecting Father Trevor Burfitt's Catholic churches from COVID-19 restrictions Injunction allows churches to continue services during pandemic Posted at 12:23 PM, Dec 11, 2020 and last updated 2020-12-14 11:18:59-05 A Kern County Superior Court judge has issued a preliminary injunction protecting a Catholic church from COVID-19 restrictions. On Thursday, Judge Gregory Pulskamp issued the injunction, stemming from a lawsuit filed by Father Trevor Burfitt against California Governor Gavin Newsom, the state's Attorney General Xavier Becerra and local officia...