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People waiting in line to get tested for COVID-19 at California State University San Marcos. Jan. 2, 2022.

Local

San Diego County's COVID hospitalizations near 600

City News Service

The number of coronavirus patients in San Diego County hospitals has surged to almost 600, according to the latest state figures.

A nurse practitioner fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Beaumont Health offices in Southfield, Mich., on Nov. 5.

National

The FDA authorizes a Pfizer booster shot for children ages 12 to 15

Scott Hensley

Joe Hernandez

The agency also shortened the time between the completion of primary vaccination of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday that the CDC was considering adding testing negative to its recommendations for when people could stop isolating after testing positive.

National

CDC could add a negative test to its new isolation guidelines, Fauci says

Joe Hernandez

The CDC recently cut the number of days it recommends COVID-positive people remain in isolation from 10 days to five.

Carla Witjer a 9th grader a Hoover High holds up her negative COVID test results, she took the first of two tests San Diego Unified School District sent home with students, San Diego Dec. 31, 2021.

Education

Students test for COVID at home before going back to school Monday

M.G. Perez

San Diego Unified students use at-home COVID tests provided by the district.

4-year-old Max Martinez getting tested at the school district COVID-19 Testing Center in Chula Vista, Sept. 20, 2021.

Local

San Diego County's COVID hospitalizations surpass 500

City News Service

The number of coronavirus patients in San Diego County hospitals surged past 500 Friday, as local health officials urged residents to keep their New Year's Eve celebrations small and safe.

Bay Ho resident Adam Epstein (left) has his nose swabbed during for a PCR test at the Santa Fe transit station in downtown.<br/>

Local

San Diegans are working every angle to get tested for COVID

Matt Hoffman

Just ahead of the New Years Holiday San Diego County is seeing a record number of COVID-19 cases reported.

Southwest Airlines planes sit at the gate at San Diego International Airport on June 3, 2021.

Local

Flight cancellations ruin New Year's Eve plans for some

Alexandra Rangel

San Diego Airport travelers deal with delayed, cancelled flights.

In this Jan. 1, 2020, file photo, The Pasadena City College marching band performs at the 131st Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif.

Local

New Year’s Day Rose Parade set to go despite virus surge

The Associated Press

The New Year’s Day Rose Parade and Rose Bowl college football game between Ohio State and Utah remained on track Friday despite surging cases of COVID-19, which forced the cancellation of the 2021 parade.

An public safety message from the government of South Africa. The country announced on Thursday that it was past the peak of its latest coronavirus surge.

International

As omicron heats up in the U.S., South Africa says its wave is on the way out

Eric McDaniel

The variant caused fewer deaths and less severe infections than past versions of the virus in South Africa, but that could be different in other countries.

People celebrate the New Year's Eve on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris on Friday.

International

As the world marks a new year, celebrations are muted by omicron

The Associated Press

In many places, New Year's Eve celebrations were muted or canceled for the second straight year due to a surge of coronavirus infections, this time driven by the highly contagious omicron variant.