Humboldt County District Attorney Maggie Fleming is prepared to prosecute people who “flagrantly” violate the Public Health Officer’s order that local residents wear facial coverings when inside buildings that aren’t their home, covered spaces and when they can’t maintain 6 feet of physical distancing outside, according to a report in the Times-Standard. Violating the order […]
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News Roundup: Nursing Homes Work to Prevent Infection, Hoopa Confirms First Positive Case
Local nursing homes have taken some big steps — including prohibiting visitors — in an effort to prevent spread of the COVID-19 virus within their walls, the Times-Standard reports. The story, reported by Sonia Waraich, details how homes have implemented new sanitation protocols for employees, canceled residents’ group activities and shuttered their dining halls in […]
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News Roundup: LoCo Reports Whistleblowers at FedEx and T-S Looks at Mental Health Services in Age of COVID
The Lost Coast Outpost is reporting that whistleblowers are calling out what they deem unsafe conditions in local FedEx operations that could spread the COVID-19 virus to customers and employees. The employees tell the Outpost‘s Ryan Burns that they don’t believe proper precautions are being taken in the local warehouse and they haven’t been given […]