Yearly Archives: 2020

New Coronavirus Stress: What Does It Mean for You?

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the new variant has a range of changes. Chris Fischer, England’s chief medical officer, said on Saturday that the new strain was “spreading faster” and that it was responsible for 60% of new infections in London. On Monday, an epidemiologist from …

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Why have contact-tracing statistics on the county dashboard been frozen for the past few weeks? Health Officer Answers to Media Questions | Lost Coast Outpost

Earlier today, Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Ian Hoffman took on media questions on epidemic county management: Why haven’t public contact-tracing figures increased in the last few weeks? How is his department handling the workload associated with the rise of new cases? Do mortuary workers get vaccinated? Other workplace outbreaks …

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