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As a third of hospitals report critical staffing shortages, California’s health department is considering issuing an order postponing many elective surgeries. Many procedures, including a lung transplant, already have been canceled. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom visited a testing site in south Los Angeles County to discuss his request for $2.7 billion in new COVID- 19 spending as part of his next state budget proposal. -
San Diego County reported 10,198 new COVID-19 infections and 20 deaths Tuesday. -
President Biden and others in his administration insist schools should stay open, even with the omicron wave making it harder than ever to manage. -
The city of Tianjin ordered a second round of COVID-19 testing on Wednesday in the city about an hour from Beijing, which is set to host the Winter Olympics from February 4th. -
The Canadian province's premier said not getting vaccinated leads to consequences for the health care system and not all Quebecers should pay for that. -
The reason: The variant has proved so wildly contagious that it may already be running out of people to infect, just a month and a half after it was first detected. -
Fauci and Paul sparred at a Senate hearing on COVID-19, escalating exchanges the two have had throughout the pandemic. Fauci also said Paul is attempting to raise money off "a catastrophic epidemic." -
COVID-19 related hospitalizations in San Diego County increased by 73 to 1,061 Tuesday, an "unprecedented pace" that follows a record- setting weekend where hospitals struggled to keep up. -
As the highly transmissible variant spreads rapidly around the world, some countries have reimposed harsh COVID measures like those seen in the early days of the pandemic.
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