State Public Health Officer Dr. Tomás Aragón rescinded a public health order requiring that all school employees show proof of vaccination or be tested at least weekly. The new policy is effective Sept. 17.
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Napa County has halted first-dose vaccinations, fearing it will run out of second doses
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Teachers take refuge from the rain while they finished their required 15-minute observation period after receiving a coronavirus vaccination at the St. Helena Foundation vaccination clinic at Napa Valley College in St. Helena on Jan. 21. The county is now running low on doses.Brittany Hosea-Small / Special to The Chronicle
Napa County has halted first-dose vaccinations due to limited supply, county officials said on Thursday.
“We’re running out of vaccine,” Dr. Karen Relucio, the county’s health director, said during a briefing. “We basically had to stop our first dose clinics because we don’t have enough to get to the people that need the second dose.”
The California Teachers Association has told Governor Gavin Newsom that the union wants schools in counties with high Covid-19 infection rates to remain in distance learning for 100 days so that the state can develop a more aggressive plan to slow the spread of the virus and have all school staff vaccinated.
“We need a clear and coordinated state, county and local plan that puts the health and safety of our communities first and does not take shortcuts toward the path of opening schools in person,” stated union leaders in a letter to Newsom Wednesday. “To do otherwise will continue the ‘yo-yo’ effect we warned of last summer and this fall opening schools, only to then close them because we failed to have the necessary layered protections and asymptomatic testing in place.”
Bay Area teachers face confusion over when they ll get vaccinated
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A large double rainbow fills the sky above teachers as they stand in line to receive their first COVID-19 vaccinations at the St. Helena Foundation vaccination clinic at Napa Valley College in St. Helena, Calif. on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. The St. Helena Hospital Foundation is working with local wineries, investors, and community health works to help distribute COVID-19 vaccines to members of the community, including teachers, the elderly and local Agriculture workers.Brittany Hosea-Small / Special to The Chronicle
Pushed to the front of the line, more than 1,000 Bay Area school workers received the coronavirus vaccine in recent days, but it could be weeks or months before additional teachers and staff get the shots, with the state now rethinking who should get them first.