Important! For Dead Doctors Don t Lie Use: 888-379-2552 Monterey Begins Genomic Tracking of COVID-19 Variants 02-19-21 05:51 DC
The Monterey County Health Department says it has begun local genomic monitoring of COVID-19 variants. The program comes as new variants are being detected in the U.S.
So far, Monterey County has found most of the cases locally are of the L452R Variant, a California-borne variant that is associated with 70% of local cases.
However, viruses change constantly, including the virus that causes COVID-19. Surveillance such as that being conducted by the Monterey County Public Health Laboratory can detect new variants with the ability to:
The Monterey County Alternate Housing site in King City is now able to house additional guests. On Friday, Feb. 5, five new trailers were delivered to the Alternate Housing Site located at San Lorenzo Park in King City. These new trailers are in addition to the 15 state trailers which were delivered in April 2020 to launch this south county isolation and recovery location. The total cost of these trailers is $116,000, the funds to purchase them came from Monterey County’s Cannabis Fund, a move approved by the Board of Supervisors last month.The county said the site in King City is just getting to a point where they are not packed. The new trailers will be helpful here so guest can isolate in them, and the county can repair some of the trailers used over the holiday surge. The county said they want to always be prepared. You don t have to do this alone, said Debra S McAlahney-Dodson, COVID-19 Alternative Housing Site program lead.At the Monterey County COVID-19 alternate ho
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Monterey County issued an evacuation order Thursday morning for the Carmel River Lagoon area. That order was lifted later in the day. On Tuesday, an evacuation order was annouced for those living within and two miles down slope of the Dolan Fire burn scar. Late Tuesday, an evacuation order was issued for those living within and two miles down slope of the Carmel and River fire burn scars. As of Friday morning, evacuation orders for the areas surrounding the Carmel, River and Dolan fire burn scars remain in place.
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