And nearly 4,000 prison workers were COVID-positive on Tuesday, a more than 212% increase from the beginning of the month. Santa Clara County on Monday backed off from a booster mandate for health care workers at the request of already strained hospitals. More than 800 of 12,200 Los Angeles Police Department employees are out sick this week, and COVID-positive officers tend to be gone for an average of 24 days, Chief Michel Moore said. The situation is similarly dire in other workplaces. When you have (teacher) absence rates exceeding 20%, meaningful in-person instruction is not always going to be viable.” Troy Flint, spokesman for the California School Boards Association: “School districts across the state are nearing their breaking point.West Contra Costa Unified, which reopened Tuesday after closing for two days with no instruction, is now requiring employees to wear KN95 masks and students to wear surgical masks. Meanwhile, students and teachers in both Oakland and San Francisco Unified are threatening sickouts, saying they won’t show up to school without heightened health and safety protocols. Palo Alto managed to avoid shuttering Monday only after 450 parent volunteers filled positions ranging from custodians to in-classroom roles parents have also been asked to help supervise classrooms in Sacramento City Unified. Hayward Unified on Monday moved online for at least a week after more than 500 students tested positive and teachers were absent from more than half of classrooms. Los Angeles Unified, the state’s largest, reopened Tuesday - but, with more than 62,000 students and staff testing positive for COVID, nearly 2,000 district employees had to step in to keep things running. … I’m very, very sensitive to this and the learning opportunities that are lost because kids are not safely in school.” And our kids have lost a connection to their friends, their community, to the normalcy of the cadence of life. Newsom: “I think the surgeon general under the Obama administration said the most significant preventable disease in this country is loneliness, social isolation.Newsom on Tuesday signed an executive order that allows schools through March 31 to extend substitute teachers’ assignments, ease the pathway for retired educators to return to classrooms, and expedite the hiring of short-term substitute teachers. Mark Ghaly, the state’s top health official, have repeatedly stressed that California doesn’t foresee further COVID-related shutdowns, they’re happening anyway as more people enter quarantine - raising questions about how long the state will be able to keep overburdened and understaffed schools, health care facilities and businesses open if the omicron wave doesn’t peak soon.
A growing number of hospitals are cancelling or postponing certain surgeries.Īlthough both Gov. The state prison system on Saturday suspended in-person visits as COVID surges among employees and inmates. Los Angeles County on Tuesday urged residents to postpone nonessential gatherings and avoid some activities. Starting today, Sonoma County is banning large gatherings for the next month. CalMatters is dedicated to explaining how state government impacts our lives. Your support helps us produce journalism that makes a difference.
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