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Tarawa atoll, Kiribati, is pictured in 2004. The Pacific island nations of Kiribati and Samoa have announced rare COVID-19 lockdowns after dozens of international travelers tested positive for the virus.

Kiribati and Samoa implement rare lockdowns after travelers test positive

Rachel Treisman

Dozens of travelers from Fiji tested positive in Kiribati, prompting the island nation to implement its first lockdown. Samoa's order followed a cluster of cases in airline passengers from Australia.

A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine from Cal Fire in Julian, Calif. Feb. 3, 2021.

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San Diego County reports 11,235 COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths

City News Service

Friday's data increased the county's cumulative totals to 639,139 cases and 4,566 deaths.

Traffic at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, the busiest land border crossing in the world, is congested even with COVID restriction and many travelers wonder how long it will take them as rules relax, November 3, 2021.

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New vaccine requirements at US borders take effect Jan. 22

Alexandra Rangel

New U.S. vaccine requirements are tweaking the rules for non-U.S. citizens at the nation’s land border crossings, including San Ysidro.

State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, addresses the state Senate at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. Wiener is introducing, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022 a bill that would allow children ages 12 and up to be vaccinated without their parents consent.

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Preteens may be vaxxed without parents under California bill

The Associated Press

California would allow children age 12 and up to be vaccinated without parental consent under a state senator's proposal.

The website COVIDTests.gov allows people to order four at-home tests per residence and have them delivered by mail. Now there's a phone number, too.

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There's now a phone line to order your free at-home COVID tests

Benjamin Swasey

The phone number — 1-800-232-0233 — follows the launch earlier this week of a federal website to order the tests.

People stand in line to receive their COVID-19 test at Cal State San Marcos, Jan. 2, 2022.

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San Diego County reports 14,025 COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths

City News Service

San Diego County's Health and Human Services Agency reported 14,025 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths in its latest data.

Adele performs at Genting Arena in March 2016 in Birmingham, England. The British singer and songwriter announced that her Las Vegas residency has been postponed due to COVID-19 issues.

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Adele postpones Vegas show in tearful post, saying half of her team is out with COVID

Jonathan Franklin

Weekends with Adele was originally set to run from Jan. 21 to April 16. The singer announced that the Las Vegas residency was postponed due to COVID issues.

9-1-1 industry leaders attend an educational session on new technology for dispatch centers at the NENA conference in San Diego.

Public Safety

911 center operators share lessons learned from the pandemic

Kitty Alvarado

Hundreds of 911 experts are in San Diego this week to learn about new technology and standards.

MRSA, depicted above in yellow and surrounded by cellular debris, is the name of a staph bacteria that resists treatment by many common antibiotics. The image is from a scanning electron micrograph. MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

National

Why humans are losing the race against superbugs

Jason Beaubien

A new report in The Lancet finds that in 2019, antibiotic-resistant bacteria killed 1.2 million people — more than were killed by malaria or HIV/AIDS. The problem is mounting in lower-income nations.

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San Diego County reports 9,382 COVID cases, 5 deaths, expands testing sites

City News Service

San Diego County's Health and Human Services Agency reported 9,382 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths in its latest data as the county continues to expand testing locations amid increased demand because of the Omicron variant.