After more than 10 months of waiting, the San Francisco 49ers will play again at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara this Saturday at 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time against the Kansas City Chiefs as part of the National Football League (NFL) preseason.
It was November 5, 2020 when the 49ers played their last game at Levi's Stadium. Their last three home games were played in Arizona, due to the COVID-19 health order imposed by Santa Clara County banning contact sports.
So, for this first preseason game it is expected that quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and the first team offense can play at least one series against Kansas City, while the third overall draft pick and future of the team, Trey Lance, could also make his debut in the league.
In a meeting with media, coach Kyle Shanahan said he will "try to get most of the starters going. Hopefully Jimmy will do just one series, and then we'll put Trey in hopefully he'll play the whole first half."
"Hopefully Lance will get around 30 - plays - but you never know how a game will go. If he doesn't get enough, then he'd probably start in the first series of the third quarter, too," he said.
With Kansas City's starters expected to play the entire first quarter, Shanahan could analyze Lance's progress on his first few plays at the helm of the offensive line.
"I'm excited to see him play like everybody else," Shanahan said. "It's fun to watch the quarterbacks come out for the first time," he noted.
It should be noted that people in the stadium will not be required to be vaccinated or show a negative COVID-19 test, but will be asked to wear masks while in the indoor areas of the stadium, according to the team.
After Saturday's match, the 49ers San Francisco will play two more preseason games, one in Los Angeles on Aug. 22 against the Chargers and another at home to host the Las Vegas Raiders on Aug. 29.
The regular season will begin with two away games, while the first regular season game at Levi's Stadium will be on September 26th against the Green Bay Packers.
By Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P] / Bay City News
The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office arrested a man in connection with several sex crimes.
Miguel Mendez-Marin, 21, was arrested on suspicion of rape, sodomy of a minor under 16, sex with a minor under 16 and obstructing and/or resisting an officer, officials said.
They also said detectives launched a sexual assault investigation in May when they learned that Mendez-Marin had been involved in a romantic relationship with a 14-year-old boy in September and October 2020.
Agents said Mendez-Marin had unlawful sexual intercourse with the minor and forcibly raped the victim against her will in a separate incident.
On Wednesday, detectives attempted to arrest Mendez-Marin at his home in San Mateo, but he resisted. He was eventually arrested and jailed.
This Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared a third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for immunosuppressed individuals, specifically those who are recipients of the vaccine. (FDA) cleared the emergency use of a third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for immunosuppressed individuals, specifically, those receiving organ transplants or those with immunosuppressive conditions.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is scheduled to meet today, August 13, to discuss specific clinical recommendations for immunocompromised persons.
"The country has entered into another wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the FDA is especially aware that immunocompromised individuals are at particular risk for serious disease. After a thorough review of the available data, the FDA determined that this small and vulnerable group may benefit from a third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines," said FDA Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock.
He added that Thursday's action allows doctors to boost immunity in these types of patients, who need additional protection against COVID-19.
"As we said previously, other fully vaccinated people are adequately protected and do not need an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine at this time. FDA is actively engaged in a rigorous, science-based process with our federal partners to consider whether an additional dose may be needed in the future," he added.
Immunosuppressed people similar to those who have undergone organ transplantation have a reduced ability to fight infections and other diseases, and are especially vulnerable to infections, including COVID-19.
Woodcock advised these patients to maintain physical precautions to help prevent COVID-19. In addition, close contacts of immunocompromised people should be vaccinated, as appropriate to their health status, to provide added protection for their loved ones.
He recommended that immunocompromised people discuss monoclonal antibody treatment options with their health care provider in case they become infected or exposed to COVID-19.
The FDA has authorized monoclonal antibody treatments for emergency use during this public health emergency for adults and pediatric patients - aged 12 years and older who weigh at least 40 kilograms or about 88 pounds - with positive SARS-CoV-2 direct viral test results, and who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19 and/or hospitalization.
Of note, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is currently licensed for emergency use in persons 12 years of age and older, while the Modern COVID-19 vaccine is licensed in persons 18 years of age and older.
Both vaccines are given as a series of two injections: Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 three weeks apart and Moderna COVID-19 one month apart.
The licenses for these vaccines have been modified to allow an additional or third dose to be given at least 28 days after the two-dose regimen of the same vaccine to people 18 years of age or older - 12 years of age or older for Pfizer-BioNTech - who have undergone an organ transplant or who are diagnosed with conditions that are considered to have an equivalent level of immunosuppression.
In California, less than half of the Latino and African American community eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine have been vaccinated. This puts those vaccinated and children under 12 at increased risk from the Delta variant, making closing the racial gap in vaccination rates an urgent priority to protect the nation's health, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
"Unfortunately, there are dark spots in our fight against the pandemic. Older adults have accounted for a disproportionate number of COVID-19 deaths, particularly among the Latino community. There is a big gap in reaching this group and we want to make it happen," said California Department of Aging Director Kim McCoy Wade during a press conference held by the California Department of Aging. Ethnic Media Service.
Jorge Pingarrón, the representative of the organization All United, and who coordinates Stockton's low-income canvass, said that after completing 7,500 hours of canvassing in the community they have run into barriers such as extreme heat, the Northern California wildfires, which have also prevented some canvassing days, racism, physical altercations, and general harassment, all of which have worked against the effort to get the city vaccinated.
"We've gone above and beyond to address all these issues and continue our effort to try to get this city vaccinated. It's very difficult because of all the beliefs out there - a lot of people don't want to get vaccinated because they don't believe in the vaccine," she explained.
In that sense, he stressed that many people are simply anti-government, "there are people who are turning this into a political issue instead of seeing it as a human and health need.
Added to that, he said, are anti-vaccine groups and those who don't even believe COVID-19 exists, a situation that is exacerbated in a large number of underserved communities.
Pingarron said that of the 80,000 homes the organization has visited in Stockton, only 30 percent have been able to have a conversation, while of those only 1.0 percent have signed up to receive the vaccine.
"There is a lack of information from the government. It is necessary to provide it in the necessary languages to be able to cover all the populations that can be covered".
For Jorge, what has really worked so that more people opt for the vaccine, is the personal talk, because although it is not known which route to take the conversation "one must know how to respond appropriately and understand them, take the talk to a personal level so that they get vaccinated," he said.
He also explained that methods such as phone calls are difficult, because people perceive them as annoying and when they see the incoming number they relate them with advertising and do not answer or hang up quickly.
"But once you're there, they see you. And you're in your uniform, with the vaccine logo and the organization you represent with name badges. So it's a little bit easier to talk to them, try to engage them in conversation and convince them to get vaccinated, even though you run into different situations, but that's the best way," she stressed.
Fears and beliefs, the barriers to overcome among the Latino community
Irma R. Muñoz is the founder and executive director of "Mujeres de la Tierra", an environmental equity non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, California, which has reached out to the community of MacArthur Park, a majority Latino community to inform them and bring them closer to vaccination.
One of the main challenges in the area is that the Latino community is afraid to give information because of their immigration status, she said, which is why many did not initially come forward to get the COVID-19 vaccine because they were asked for identification.
"No one wants to provide their ID because they think the next thing they know immigration authorities are going to be knocking on their doors to take them away," he explained.
She added that it is a working class neighborhood and most people are not available for appointments Monday through Saturday, and unfortunately there were no places that gave vaccinations on Sundays until recently.
The next big problem the organization detected was a deeply religious Latino community that does not believe in COVID-19, much less vaccines.
In that sense, he noted that the people of this town argue that their religious leaders have told them that vaccines are poison, coupled with a great distrust in government and authority.
And while they have been very successful in getting people vaccinated, he said, there is also a lot of resistance for a variety of religious and political reasons and for being discovered by "la migra," which they call high-risk situations.
"Our successes have been because we have casual conversations with people. We don't open the conversation by saying, we're here to talk to you about how to get vaccinated. Everyone shows up, but we don't do a door-to-door."
In fact, he explained, only 20 percent of the organization's work is done door-to-door because MacArthur Park residents are not answering the knocks on their doors, unless they are family or friends.
"What we have mainly done is what is called "mass campaigns". We go to the areas where people are. We don't expect people to come to us. So we go to the bus stops, we go to the subway station, where the vendors are, we go into the stores, we go to the parks because there's a lot of activity," he explained.
He added that a large population of children and young people play soccer, which has made it possible to talk to parents about coming to the vaccination centers that are open on Sundays.
"Now we've had more success because there are vaccinations on Sundays when most people are free and then they come and get them. This is word of mouth, we encourage the people we talk to to talk to their neighbors, to other family members, and to their church members to get vaccinated."
"It's the fear of the unknown. So what we're trying to do is take the fear out of people's hearts and put the facts in their head."
Muñoz said that even people who previously said no to the vaccine leave them phone numbers in case they change their minds.
"Our approach is multicultural, we don't use the same method for everyone. We really take into account their background, their language, their struggles. A lot of people have difficulties in their day to day lives and you have to recognize that. So these conversations that we've had have been very effective because the women who do them and who work for us live in MacArthur Park."
Reaching out to the oldest in the family is extremely important to reach the whole family, she said, because many times it's these older people who make the ultimate decision. "If they say yes, then it's OK for everyone else to get vaccinated."
Muñoz recalled that "this virus has killed thousands upon thousands of people, no matter what their economic status, no matter what religion they believe in, no matter what their immigration status, it doesn't discriminate. And this new variant is highly contagious. I think when people take it seriously is when, unfortunately, they know someone who has been in the hospital or has died from the virus.
Finally, she noted that since Women of the Earth has been doing this work, vaccination rates in MacArthur Park have increased by four percentage points.
"We want to make sure that we are succeeding and so we have to change our script based on what is happening. Our script now is that children are getting the Delta variant and that we have to vaccinate for the sake of our children."
Rural communities, a critical link in the immunization chain
Esperanza Vielma, executive director of the Environmental Justice Coalition for Water and who is deeply rooted in serving disadvantaged and underrepresented communities in the San Joaquin Valley, highlighted the tremendous work being done with the most underserved communities, which have large Latino and Asian populations.
He explained that these places are sought to reach the community in different ways: either by visiting Mexican and Asian markets in the area, making surveys and knocking door to door to bring the information of vaccines, which often does not arrive due to lack of internet or devices to resolve their doubts about immunization.
He recalled that this area also suffers from the contamination that fires generate, which complicates the situation with COVID-19.
"We have to collaborate with all of our agencies so that we get the same message out and get people vaccinated because that's going to be the only solution in very hard-to-reach areas."
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District noted that the moderate air quality advisory extends through tomorrow, August 13, due to active wildfires and changing wind patterns.
In this regard, he added that cloudy and smoky skies are possible, while air quality throughout the Bay Area could be affected.
"The Air District will closely monitor air quality throughout the region for smoke impacts from the fires," he explained in a comunicado the agency.
If there is an odor of smoke, he said, it is important for Bay Area residents to protect their health by avoiding exposure. If possible, stay in their homes with windows and doors closed until smoke levels decrease, temperatures permitting.
It is also recommended that those affected by smoke set their air conditioning units and automobile ventilation systems to recirculate, to prevent outside air from moving in.
Smoke can cause eye and respiratory irritation, coughing, throat and sinus irritation. High airborne particles can cause wheezing in people who have asthma, emphysema or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
Older adults, children, and people with respiratory illnesses are particularly susceptible to elevated levels of air pollution and should take extra precautions to avoid exposure.
All education personnel must be fully immunized or tested at least once a week for a new all-attendance school year, according to a new order issued by the California Department of Public Health (CDEHP).CDPH(see the following table).
"To give parents the confidence that their children are safe as schools return to classroom learning, we urge all school staff to get vaccinated. Vaccinations are the way we will end this pandemic," said state Governor Gavin Newsom.
"As a parent, I look forward to the start of the school year to see all of California's children back in the classroom," he added.
The new policy will go into effect this August 12, and schools must be in full compliance by October 15.
"There is no substitute for in-person instruction, and California will continue to lead the nation in keeping students and educational staff safe while ensuring fully open classrooms," Tomas J. Aragon, CDPH director and State Public Health Officer, said at the time.
He further explained that the order will complement ongoing efforts to increase vaccination rates, similar to orders encouraging state and health care workers and businesses to get inoculated.
In recent weeks, California has implemented measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 including: vaccine verification for state workers; vaccinations for health care workers; universal facemask use in K-12 settings; vaccination incentives; and statewide facemask recommendation.
As of last week, California administered 335,009 new first doses, a 24 percent increase from the previous two weeks, and a 62 percent increase from the week of July 5-July 11.
"Educators want to be in classrooms with their students, and the best way to make sure that happens is to have everyone who is medically eligible vaccinated with robust testing and multi-tiered safety measures," said California Teachers Association President E. Toby. Boyd.
He said today's announcement is an appropriate step to ensure the safety of school communities and to protect students under the age of 12 who are not yet eligible for the vaccine from the Delta variant.
Although California leads the nation in vaccines, with more than 46 million doses administered and more than 77 percent of people with at least one dose, there has been a significant increase in Intensive Care Unit admissions and deaths due to the delta variant among people who refused or have chosen not to be vaccinated.
Importantly, COVID-19 vaccines are safe, effective and free. Unvaccinated Californians 12 and older can visit myturn.ca.gov or call (833) 422-4255 to schedule an appointment or visit myturn.ca.gov/clinic to find a walk-in clinic in their county.
For the new school year, all schools in California school districts have been opened with expanded services: 98 percent have increased educational opportunities for returning students.
Thus, 95 percent of school districts in California have expanded mental health and wellness services, 73 percent reported increasing after-school programs, and 83 percent reported increasing learning acceleration programs.
The $123.9 billion K-12 education package has served to create investments in AB 86, which seeks to meet the immediate needs of students.
According to the California government, to support children as a whole in a long-term transformation, $4.3 billion will be used to transform the youth behavioral health system. It will focus on early identification of trauma, depression, anxiety, and substance abuse, among other issues.
In addition, $3 billion will be used to create thousands of full-service community schools; and $650 million in ongoing funding for universal free school nutrition.
For increased learning time, $1.8 billion will be allocated, increasing to $5 billion by 2025, with the intent of achieving universal access to summer and after-school programs.
Also, Universal Transitional Kindergarten or TK for all four-year-olds by 2025, with an additional year of public education.
In this regard, 300 million will also be invested for the prekindergarten teacher portfolio, and 490 million will be invested to build and renovate state preschool, transitional kindergarten and kindergarten facilities.
Finally, with the vision of improving the quality of learning time, the government explained that $1.1 billion in ongoing funding will be allocated for high-poverty schools to hire up to five teachers, educators, and counselors.
It will give $2.9 billion to expand the teacher pipeline and match teachers with vulnerable students, $250 million to attract expert, board-certified teachers to high-needs schools, and $1.5 billion to improve special education.
The country currently has more than 1,450 children hospitalized for COVID-19, the highest number so far in the pandemic, said Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), on Sunday.
The virus continues to advance in the U.S. due to variants, where Delta has been the main strain in the resurgence of the disease, and many of these children hospitalized with COVID-19 are not vaccinated because they are under 12 years of age.
Collins said in an interview on ABC News' "This Week" that the United States is paying "a terrible price" because of the rapid increase in cases, especially among unvaccinated people.
"We have vaccines that we know are highly effective and safe, and yet half the country is still not fully vaccinated," Collins said.
He added that almost all of the deaths are from unvaccinated people. "And now it's younger people, including children."
The situation is becoming very alarming for the country's paediatricians, who say they are worried because "the number of children in hospital is increasing and they are more seriously ill".
With classes back in session, the official asked parents to think of the face masks as a "life-saving medical device" and not as a "political statement or an invasion of their freedoms.
And the use of the masks, he said, will prevent outbreaks that force a return to remote learning.
For her part, the president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Randi Weingarten, told NBC News that 90 percent of teachers in the union have been vaccinated, and she said she is reconsidering last October's policy on voluntary vaccination of its members.
"I think circumstances have changed and I think vaccination is a community responsibility," he said.
On the same program, the U.S. government's chief epidemiologist, Anthony Fauci, reiterated that there will be no federal mandate to require immunization against COVID-19.
However, he estimated that if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fully approves the vaccines that now have emergency use authorization, which could happen "in the next few weeks," many companies and private entities could announce vaccination mandates, he said.
The southern border of the United States is experiencing one of its worst crises in terms of immigration policy, despite the efforts of President Biden to provide a solution to millions of "dreamers" and migrants seeking to leave their undocumented status, 6 months after a series of anti-immigrant executive actions carried out by his predecessor, Donald Trump, were reversed.
This was pointed out by experts on migration issues during a session with the media conducted by Ethnic Media ServicesWhile they noted that there are intentions to improve the conditions of more than 11 million people with irregular immigration status, they also agree that it is not enough.
Muzaffar Chishti, director of the office of the Migration Policy Institute at New York University School of Law, noted that the Trump administration was one of the most aggressive on immigration, as in 4 years his office issued nearly 250 executive actions.
Contrary to Joe Biden, who so far has taken 155 actions on immigration policy, where half of them have been to turn around those issued in the Trump administration, the specialist said.
"Biden ended Trump's travel bans, stopped construction of the border wall; and on the first day of his administration announced an aggressive immigration reform package to legalize 11 million, a fact not seen in another presidency in the last 50 years," he added.
However, it has not all been good, as the crisis on the country's southern border has been the main focus of danger in terms of migration.
"In July of this year, 200,000 people were arrested at the border. That's a historic number since 2005. If we let these numbers continue, we will be talking about more than 1.5 million in this fiscal year 2021," Chishti said.
He also recalled that asylum applications have increased and is expected to rise to 225,000 for the next fiscal year, a figure similar to what President Barack Obama had promised for the end of his administration.
He said that the profile of those seeking to achieve the American dream is of Mexicans, Central Americans and other countries of the continent, both single men, women, children and entire families.
"This has created a political problem for the president because all the attention is on the border, especially because Trump is stalking Republicans behind the scenes. That's why the president wants to push immigration reform through amnesty or a law."
For that to happen, however, "you need congressional action, and Congress is divided. Unless you get 60 senators to support it, immigration reform is not going anywhere.
Moreover, he said, as long as the Republican wing continues to view the border as "out of control," few will join Biden's immigration reform.
"If we don't get 10 Republicans behind immigration reform, it's going to be very difficult to get it passed," he said.
Currently, the 70,000 people under the Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP), better known as the Stay in Mexico Program, only active cases are being processed, which hardens the situation of thousands at the border, said the director of the Border Rights Project of the organization Al Otro Lado, Nicole Ramos.
"Thousands of people have stayed in Mexico, some for up to two years. We now have approximately 50,000 closed cases. Instead of reopening all the cases, they've chosen to do it on a case-by-case basis, which leaves people stuck in Mexico for longer periods of time."
The migration situation is complicated when unaccompanied minors are involved
The Border Patrol returns unaccompanied minors, exposing them to greater dangers, which is why the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit.
"When minors are accompanied by an advocate who advocates for them, they can enter, but not when they go alone. I'm not going to say that all of them are returned, but they are returned with an alarming frequency".
This reflects the continuation of a migration policy that sends asylum seekers back to Mexico while their applications are being processed, which could take months. And with the current pandemic, the situation becomes tragic.
"It's a complicated issue. We understand that dealing with the pandemic is a health issue, but U.S. citizens and legal residents can enter and leave the country without being subject to any health screening."
He further stated that "we just got word from the government that they are going to stop applications for humanitarian protection in connection with the ACLU case. It's very troubling because it will create a bigger backlog of people who are literally dying to make their asylum claims.
Thus, under the Title 42 removal program there is an open market for organized crime and human traffickers.
"Kidnappings of migrants at the border have increased dramatically, and we've seen tens of thousands of dollars being sent to organized crime in Mexico to pay the ransom."
Added to this is the return of mothers with newborns in the U.S. who did not have the opportunity to receive a birth certificate. "This happens when the mother crosses the border without inspection and during the course of the immigration process gives birth".
"Some mothers don't even speak Spanish. We've seen it with Mexican mothers, mothers from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Haiti," she added.
As a result, she explained that many mothers end up sleeping on the streets in one of the most dangerous cities in the world. "If they are lucky, they can meet a social worker who can find them a place in a shelter.
Migration policy: the two sides of the coin
While it is true that the situation at the border is a "horror show," on the other hand, "there is tangible progress every day in the immigration courts and we are seeing fewer people in deportation," said immigration attorney Ava Benach.
He explained that under Trump there were 60,000 migrants in detention, a number that went to 30,000 so far in the Biden administration. "It's better than with Trump, but it's not where we want to be."
The Washington, D.C.-based lawyer said that the mentality of many Americans regarding migration has changed in the last 20 years, with a much better perspective on migrants, noting that while at the end of the 20th century, most Americans did not see migration as a good thing, today 60 percent of the population considers it beneficial.
Reds and blues
In political terms, the situation has become polarized, as Republicans are less and less in favor of migrants, while Democrats are the opposite. "There is a polarization.
If you're a Republican running for office, and you're perceived as pro-immigrant, you're lost, although younger Republicans have shown more openness and openness to immigrants.
"The new generations after the Baby Boomers - people born between 1957 and 1965 - have become more pro-immigrant, including Republicans. To me, that's good news for the future."
In response to the increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations due to the highly contagious Delta variant, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today issued two new public health orders.
The first, requires health care workers in California to be fully vaccinated or receive their second dose by September 30, 2021.
The order applies to general acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, including sub-acute facilities, intermediate care facilities, acute psychiatric hospitals, adult day health care facilities, comprehensive elder care program, ambulatory surgical centers, chemical dependency recovery hospitals, and physician offices and clinics.
Also, group living health facilities, dialysis centers, hospice facilities, pediatric respite care and day health centers, and residential substance use treatment and mental health treatment facilities.
It should be noted that the order details that there will only be two exemptions for health care workers in California: religious reasons or rare medical conditions.
The new order issued by Dr. Tomas J. Aragon, director of the California Department of Public Health, explains that while workers are being vaccinated, they must undergo mandatory weekly COVID-19 testing.
"As cases and hospitalizations are on the rise due to Delta variant it is important that we protect vulnerable patients in these settings," said Dr. Aragon. "Today's action will also ensure that health care workers themselves are protected. Vaccines are the way to end this pandemic."
The second order requires visitors to hospitals, skilled nursing homes and developmentally disabled facilities to be fully vaccinated or show a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours. The order applies only to indoor visitors and is effective the first minute of this coming Wednesday, August 11.
Both guidelines reinforce Gov. Gavin Newsom's decision to require health care workers and state employees to be vaccinated or tested weekly, issued last week.
The orders come as California, along with the rest of the nation, grapples with a surge of cases fueled by the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus, which accounted for about 86 percent of cases as of July 21, according to the California Department of Public Health.
Currently, 63 percent of Californians age 12 and older are fully vaccinated with an additional 10 percent partially vaccinated.
California is currently experiencing the fastest increase in COVID-19 cases during the entire pandemic with 18.3 new cases per 100,000 people per day, with case rates increasing nine-fold in two months. Unvaccinated people are more likely to become infected and spread the virus, which is airborne.
Most hospitalizations and deaths today occur among unvaccinated people.
Thanks to vaccines and measures taken since March 2020, California's health care system is currently able to address the increase in cases and hospitalizations, however, additional measures are needed to target facilities across the state to protect particularly vulnerable populations.
Hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and intermediate care facilities serve especially vulnerable populations where COVID-19 outbreaks can have significant consequences such as hospitalization, severe illness, and death.
Vaccines have been available in California from December 2020 to the present, and from January 1 through July 27, 2021, a total of 9,371 confirmed COVID-19 outbreaks and 113,196 outbreak-related cases were reported to CDPH.
The two most common settings for these outbreaks were residential care facilities - 22.5 percent - and SNFs - 9.8 percent.
To date, there have been more than 4,000 outbreaks in residential care facilities, more than 2,000 in SNFs, and more than 450 in California hospitals.
Recent outbreaks in health care settings have been attributed to unvaccinated staff members, demonstrating the risk posed by these individuals.
