The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department hosted its fourth annual Women's Fire Prep Academy on Saturday. The goal of the program is to encourage more women to.
A wildfire-resistant shed that the inventors say could save time and property because important items will already have been stored away in a small building that won’t burn, even if a wall of flames consumes everything else in its path.
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Nearly 200 San Diego Fire-Rescue personnel have so far turned down a COVID-19 vaccine, showing reluctance as health officials scramble to protect frontline workers like firefighters from the highly infectious coronavirus.
As of Wednesday, 191 personnel had declined to take the vaccine; 895 had gotten the shot, according to department figures.
The vaccine is available to all of the department’s roughly 1,500 employees, including lifeguards and non-sworn staff, a spokeswoman said. The force includes 943 firefighters, who double as paramedics or emergency medical technicians, placing them on the front lines of the pandemic.
As of Wednesday, 99 firefighters had tested positive, according to the department.
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With the prick of a needle, an elderly Chula Vista man was vaccinated against COVID-19 on Dec. 21, drawing cheers and applause from a room filled with health care workers.
Carlos Alegre had just become one of the first San Diegans to receive a vaccine that fights the novel coronavirus, raising people’s hope that the county, and the country, will emerge from the pandemic, perhaps by mid-to-late summer.
For the record:
4:02 PM, Jan. 12, 2021The original version of this article said that the CDC estimates 55 to 82 percent of the public will need immunity to the coronavirus to halt the pandemic’s spread. Those figures were actually reported by non-CDC researchers in a journal published the CDC.
US passes 350,000 COVID deaths and sets single-day cases RECORD: America reaches another grim milestone as 299,087 test positive in 24 hours and California funeral homes run out of room - while CDC data suggests the true death toll is 470K
US has set another record for new COVID-19 cases with 299,087 people testing positive as of Saturday
Hospitalizations remained above six figures once again, with 123,639 patients currently being treated
Daily deaths have fallen below 3,000 in the last two days, with 2,398 fatalities reported
The health crisis has become especially dire in California where hospitals are over capacity and funeral homes have run out of space for the bodies piling up