COVID-19

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San Diego Parklets Must Now Be In Compliance, Potential Fees Loom

Melissa Mae

Parklets helped San Diego restaurants during the pandemic by providing outdoor dining space. Now they must be brought up to code, which includes permits and removing permanent roofs.
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Surge Tents Return To Scripps Encinitas

Tania Thorne

A sight we thought we wouldn’t see again: Surge tents are back outside of Scripps Encinitas. How this is helping hospitals prepare for the worst.
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Vaccinations Still Best Defense Against Contagious Delta Variant

Jade Hindmon

Andrew Bracken

Though 70 percent of eligible San Diego County residents are now fully vaccinated, the Delta variant continues to spread.
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Mask Mandate Reinstated In San Francisco Bay Area Amid Surge

Jocelyn Gecker / Associated Press

Health officials in San Francisco and six other Bay Area counties have announced that they are reinstating a mask mandate for all indoor settings as COVID-19 infections surge.
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Some States Are Working To Prevent COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

Rachel Treisman / NPR

The vast majority of these laws apply only to state and local governments, meaning private schools and employers could still require people to get vaccinated.
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Students Need To Be In Classrooms, With Masks, This Fall, Education Secretary Says

Clare Lombardo / NPR

Students learn best in classrooms, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona tells NPR — but "we have to make sure that we're following mitigation strategies."
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House Speaker Pelosi And Democratic Leaders Call On Biden To Extend Eviction Ban

The Associated Press / NPR

House Democratic leaders called the extension a "moral imperative" to prevent Americans from being put out of their homes during a COVID-19 surge. Some 3.6 billion Americans are at risk of eviction.
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Florida Reports A Record With More Than 21,000 COVID-19 Cases On Saturday

Jonathan Franklin / NPR

Florida is quickly becoming the country's epicenter for COVID-19 as the state saw a 50% increase over the last week in new cases.
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Tokyo's New COVID-19 Infections Hit A Record Again, Topping 4,000 For The First Time

Josie Fischels / NPR

Daily infections are nearly quadruple the numbers reported just a week ago. Japan's prime minister, who has denied the Olympics are to blame, has extended a state of emergency to the end of August.
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As COVID Concern Grows In Kansas, So Does Confusion Over Who Is In Charge

Abigail Censky / NPR

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, has been hesitant to issue any statewide mandates without a ruling from the state Supreme Court on her powers. Counties aren't jumping at the opportunity either.