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You can legally get your hair cut today at storefront locations and restaurants can again offer outdoor dining.
And that is despite the message from Gov. Gavin Newsom last month that the state wouldn’t allow such activities to take place until ICU capacity in various regions exceeded 15 percent.
On Monday when Newsom in a surprise move dropped the lockdown of the San Joaquin Valley, Southern California, and the Bay Area regions where none of the areas were even close to that level he had been saying for weeks was critical to meet. On Monday, the ICU capacity in all of the seven hospitals in San Joaquin County was at 144 percent or 59 percent higher than the acceptable threshold Newsom established. Of the 143 patients in ICU, 85 or 59 percent had COVID.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. COVID vaccine rollout slows in SJ County
Distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to San Joaquin County residents that do not have access to them through healthcare providers such as Kaiser and Sutter Health will likely not start until early next month.
That is the result of weekly vaccine allotments from the state being cutback as well as orders to hold back 50 percent of all doses. The hold order is due to an effective vaccination requiring two doses 10 days a part. The fear is if the county doesn’t do that and future dose deliveries are reduced or are delayed thousands of people who have already received the first shot may be for naught given the second shot has to occur within 10 days.