COVID-19

Health

San Diego County Reports 245 COVID-19 Infections, 12 Deaths

City News Service

San Diego County public health officials reported 245 new COVID-19 infections and 12 deaths Saturday as case rates continue to decline.
Health

Padres Fans Can Now Fill 33% Of Petco Park

Alexandra Rangel

Petco Park has boosted its regulated capacity, thanks to San Diego entering the Orange Tier and seating sections reserved for people who can show proof of COVID-19 vaccination.
Health

San Diego County Reports 317 COVID-19 Infections, 9 Deaths

City News Service

San Diego County public health officials reported 317 new COVID-19 infections and nine deaths Friday as case rates continue to decline.
Health

Long Lines For One-Day Vaccination Event At Southwestern College

Matt Hoffman

Four hundred doses were delivered without appointments to those living in hard hit ZIP codes. People began lining up as early as 3 a.m.
Economy

Carlsbad Banks On Legoland Reopening To Boost The Economy

Jacob Aere

With the reopening of Legoland, there is hope that tourists coming to the amusement park will boost businesses across Carlsbad.
KPBS Midday Edition

Roundtable: San Diego Public Schools Reopen

Bennett Lacy

The San Diego Unified School District begins its return to in-person instruction, police reform is part of Mayor Todd Gloria's Black empowerment plan, and pushback to an inewsource investigation into complaints about a local COVID-19 shelter.
Health

Coronavirus FAQ: You're Vaccinated. Cool! Now About Those 'Breakthrough' Infections...

Sheila Mulrooney Eldred / NPR

No vaccine is 100% effective. Though so-called "breakthrough" COVID cases are rare, the virus is circulating widely. What's a vaccinated person to do? And ... not do?
Health

Biden Administration To Spend $1.7 Billion To Track Spread Of Coronavirus Variants

Rob Stein / NPR

With a more contagious variant now dominant in the U.S., the country's genomic surveillance capacity is getting a major boost.
Health

Dispatches From Quarantine: How Young People Are Documenting History

Farah Eltohamy / NPR

Enticed by what young adults had to share about the pandemic, historian Alexandra Zapruder set out to document history through an online gallery called Dispatches from Quarantine.
Health

COVID Vaccine Pool Expands In San Diego County, State

City News Service

Hundreds of thousands of San Diegans became eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines Thursday when the state expanded eligibility to everyone age 16 and over.