Health officials in Contra Costa County are stepping up free covid testing. Now even though they say mixing with those outside someones household is still a risky idea. Rob roth heard from Public Health officers today and gins us now with more. Rob . Reporter yeah, heather, on one hand Health Officials are urging people to stay home over thanksgiving, but theyre also saying if youre going to visit, get tested first. Cars lined up in this parking lot in concord Tuesday Morning for what the Contra Costa Health department calls testing for turkey. This family recently lost their grandfather to covid and know too well the horrors of the virus. We just want to be safe. Were going to meet some family over the holidays, and we want to protect ourselves and protect them, as well. Reporter this is one of 13 sites in Contra Costa County offering free covid testing. The push now is to get people tested before thanksgiving, and possibly exposing others. While inviting everyone that you gather with
Without follows the ultimatum. It was given by the federal side on sunday, calling for the ground fighters to lay down their arms and render. A statement did 30 that thousands of to grain fighters had surrounded just a couple of days ago to raise leadership with disputing these claims. They said that their fighters werent surrendering, and they also disputed the the governments claim that the city was in fact surrounded. Health experts have raised doubts about the covert. 19 vaccine produced by British Drug Company astra zeneca, an oxford university. They say a manufacturing error during the trial process makes it difficult to assess its effectiveness. German chancellor Angela Merkel says coronavirus restrictions could remain in place and well into next year. Bars and restaurants are closed, but schools and some shops remain open while still be mandatory and busy public areas. The football world is mourning. The death of argentinian Diego Maradona who has passed away at the age of 60.
Some of those we have spoken to are saying that for example, my, when i made them cry out of happiness because he helped argentina win the world cup in 1960. But now were going to be crying out of pain. Another person told us that now diego, my brother, and i will be playing with god, but also the angels and the devils are going to be watching him play my little man. I want to has a crucial role in argentina. The president has Just Announced that argentina is going to have 3 days of mourning out of respect for the law. And now the Ethiopian Government stead line for the surrender of to graeme forces has expired. The federal army has surrounded to gross capital mccalla, and is threatening to use artillery on the city of 500000 people. Here morgan is in sudan near the ethiopian border with more on the humanitarian crisis. Authorities say that the number of refugees who arrive to this camp alone are much more than they were expecting. The numbers are in the hundreds and not the dozens as
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