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San Diego County’s daily new-case total dipped below 1,000 for the first time since Nov. 29 Tuesday as the number of vaccination locations continued to increase despite continued uncertainty that there will be enough doses to meet the region’s demand.
That total landed just before the City of San Diego announced its first direct vaccine shipment of 1,200 doses, which will be used to inoculate people experiencing homelessness starting Wednesday morning. Earlier in the day, the region’s fourth vaccination super station opened in La Mesa even as UC San Diego announced its intention to open a fifth such center in Rimac Arena on its campus Monday.
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California Medical Facility in Vacaville has set up a tents to help deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic)
CMF erects tents to deal with inmate Covid outbreak
VACAVILLE The California Medical Facility in Vacaville once again erected tents to help space out the inmate population after a Covid-19 outbreak at the prison.
Lt. Brady Olivias, the public information officer for CMF, said 10 of the 12-man tents were scheduled to be set up Monday.
“Some tents are being set up to spread out our population,” Olivias said. “We had these tents before . . . They were taken down about two months ago.”
The extra staffing will be funded through federal CARES Act money provided to the county
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Through a partnership with Dignity Health and AMI Expeditionary Healthcare, San Mateo County is using $4.5 million in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds to staff up to 10 extra ICU beds for 30 days at Sequoia Hospital. Embarcadero Media file photo
San Mateo County announced on Monday a $4.5 million investment to provide up to 10 extra intensive care unit beds at Dignity Health s Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City.
As San Mateo County reports record COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations, officials announced Monday a $4.5 million agreement to staff up to 10 additional intensive care beds at Dignity Healthâs Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City.Â
âWe are proud of the collaborative relationship we have with San Mateo County and the other health care providers within the region,â said Sequoia Hospital President and CEO Bill Graham in a statement. âWe are pleased to be able to offer this additional resource to support the increased demand for ICU care.â
Under the agreement, approximately 40 medical personnel will be deployed to the Sequoia Hospital for at least 30 days through a partnership with AMI Expeditionary Healthcare, a company that provides clinical resources, such as personnel and health care solutions, to hospital settings worldwide.Â
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