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COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States are nearing a pandemic high, as states seek strategies to combat the surge in infections brought on by the Omicron variant.
Newsom on Saturday unveiled the 2022 to 2023 budget proposal, which includes $2.7B in COVID-19-related funding, a billion dollars more than last year when $1.7B was allotted for pandemic response and relief; a good amount of the proposed funds will go toward ramping up and streamlining testing.
The request come as many counties struggle to increase vaccination rates, even as omicron drives the highest daily case numbers of the nearly two-year old pandemic.
Gavin Newsom claims he's following science and battling misinformation on COVID, so he's asking for more money to do just that.
Governor Gavin Newsom is scheduled to present his proposed state budget for the next fiscal year today.