Newsom seeks $2.7 billion in emergency funds to fight omicron COVID-19
The request comes a day after Newsom activated 200 California National Guard members to help bolster testing facilities.
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The request comes a day after Newsom activated 200 California National Guard members to help bolster testing facilities.
California would spend $2.7 billion on new efforts to respond to COVID-19 cases under a budget proposal Gov. Gavin Newsom will send to lawmakers next week.
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Among the main goals is to have funding for testing sites, contact tracing efforts and fight misinformation about vaccines and boosters.
With the Omicron variant of coronavirus surging across the US, Los Angeles County recorded its highest number of new Covid-19 cases in one week since the start of the pandemic,