Humboldt County Public Health announced this afternoon that organizations and businesses will be eligible to receive COVID-19 rapid antigen tests at no cost through California’s Testing Task Force. According to the TTF, antigen tests, which give results within 15 to 30 minutes, are most useful for routine testing of a workplace, entry into a gathering […]
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Vaccine Passports in California? Answers to Your Questions
Now that more than 7.5 million Californians have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the Newsom administration has set a goal of reopening the state’s economy by June 15. So what does the state plan to do when it comes to proving that people are vaccinated? State health officials said Tuesday that verification of immunization or […]
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Large COVID-19 Outbreak at Granada Rehab and Wellness Facility
Humboldt County Public Health has confirmed a COVID-19 outbreak of 30 people at the Granada Rehab and Wellness skilled nursing facility in Eureka. One employee and 29 residents have tested positive for the novel coronavirus at the 87-bed facility. The outbreak was detected by a recent routine state-required COVID-19 testing after a staff member tested […]
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Four New COVID Cases Along With Three New Hospitalizations
Humboldt County Public Health reported four new confirmed COVID-19 cases today, an uptick after a period of relative calm over the last week. Three new hospitalizations were also reported. County Health Officer Teresa Frankovich said more than 30 positive COVID-19 cases have now been tied to a large gathering in Southern Humboldt late last month, […]
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Behind the ‘Wild West’ of School Reopenings
An academic year in which public education will intersect with public health has created back-to-school shopping lists unlike any other for California’s schools as they attempt to transition toward in-person instruction once they have the state’s blessing. Bakersfield’s Panama-Buena Vista Union School District plans to hire a manager to handle contact tracing for a system […]
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Public Health Confirms Five New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health has confirmed five new COVID-19 cases, bringing the countywide total to 325. Today’s report includes results from the Humboldt County Public Health Laboratory and all other labs reported into the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange or CalREDIE, including some initial HSU samples. HSU reopened this weekend and began their move-in process for […]
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Public Health Announces Seven New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health announces seven new COVID-19 cases, bringing the county’s total to 309. Public Health also reported one more COVID-19 related hospitalization, making three this week and a total of 20 for the county. In today’s release, Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich emphasized the need for all county residents, businesses and organizations […]
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Public Health Confirms Three New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health announced three new COVID-19 cases, bringing the countywide total to 302. Today’s reported cases make 69 confirmed cases since the beginning of August. On Monday, two COVID-19 hospitalizations were confirmed bringing the total to 19. The county’s COVID Alert Level Assessment Tool is currently at Level 3, which is described as […]
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Public Health Confirms Seven New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed another seven new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the county’s total to date to 293. Today’s tally makes 60 cases recorded locally so far this month and continues a spike that saw a total of 100 new cases confirmed in July after just 32 in June. Two new hospitalizations were reported […]
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Public Health Confirms Four New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health has confirmed four new COVID-19 cases, bringing the countywide total to 161. The new cases are confirmed after a county spike that has now seen 51 cases over the past 17 days with 28 confirmed within the last week. Six additional cases were also confirmed from people who were visiting family […]
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Faith and Fever: Humboldt County Churches Ponder Reopening
The Humboldt County Joint Information Center recently released safety guidelines for places of worship that wish to resume services. Churches are among the latest venues approved for reopening by the county, and they are encouraged but “not required” to submit reopening plans to the Emergency Operations Center. Local congregations have had diverse responses to the […]
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Local Movie Theaters Approved to Reopen, But Not All Will
You could get away from the heat and incessant boom of amateur fireworks this weekend and sit in the air-conditioned cool of Broadway Cinema, escaping from the endless cycle of bad news for the big screen spectacle about a looming, mostly-unseen threat that picks off the unwary and reckless. Jaws will be playing, along with […]