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The San Diego City Council Tuesday approved Mayor Todd Gloria's proposal to establish a $5 million legal defense fund to help struggling tenants potentially facing eviction due to non-payment of rent during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Johnson & Johnson has asked U.S. regulators to allow booster shots of its COVID-19 vaccine as the U.S. government moves toward shoring up protection in more vaccinated Americans.

An estimated 300,000 people were held in solitary confinement in the U.S. at the height of the pandemic. Advocates are pushing to limit the practice, citing lasting harm to prisoners' health.

Since early in the pandemic, New Zealand had pursued a zero-tolerance approach through strict lockdowns and aggressive contact tracing. Until recently, the strategy had worked remarkably well.

"When you have something spread by aerosol, you absolutely want more ventilation," Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden, said in an interview with CBS.

San Diego County reported 343 new cases of COVID-19 today, but no new virus-related deaths in its most recent data.

A total of 38,100 new tests were logged by the county Friday, and the percentage of positive cases over the past 14 days was 3.5%.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is imposing the nation’s first coronavirus vaccination mandate for schoolchildren. But the mandate he announced Friday won’t take effect immediately and won’t apply to all students.

Kavanaugh had a routine coronavirus test ahead of Friday’s ceremonial investiture for Justice Amy Coney Barrett. The court says Kavanaugh’s wife and daughters are also fully vaccinated, and they tested negative on Thursday.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday that the mandate won't take effect until the COVID-19 vaccine has received final approval from the U.S. government for various grade levels. The government has given final approval for the vaccine for anyone 16 and older.