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November 2021: Coronavirus Blog Archive

This is the November 2021 archive of breaking news about the coronavirus pandemic.

Customers line up outside of Hodad's in Ocean Beach during the Memorial Day weekend holiday on May 25th, 2020.

Memorial Day Weekend Serves As A Trial Run For Restaurant Reopenings

Many restaurants and outdoor areas opened over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. While residents are excited to enjoy the outdoors, business owners acknowledge it will take awhile for people to get used to the new normal.

In Idaho, a record number of people are hospitalized with COVID-19, raising the possibility of rationing medical care. Many states are grappling with the fallout of the delta variant's surge in cases.

A COVID Surge Is Overwhelming U.S. Hospitals, Raising Fears Of Rationed Care

The delta variant is pummeling America's hospitals, taxing an already-depleted health care workforce. Once again, some states are facing the prospect of rationing medical care.

An empty Souplantation location in Chula Vista on May 7, 2020.

Souplantation Goes Out Of Business Due To Coronavirus

Garden Fresh Restaurants, the parent company of Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes, had closed the eateries in mid-March due to the spread of COVID- 19, characterizing the move as temporary.

From her El Cajon home, Alaa Taha checks in on school assignments for one of her sons, March 23, 2021.

Digital Equity Gap In Refugee Community Makes Recovering From Pandemic Challenging

Our partners at inewsource report that for San Diego’s refugees, digital barriers could imperil their economic recovery even as the pandemic wanes.

In this March 24, 2021, photo provided by the California Department of Transportation, Caltrans construction crews repair a section of Highway 1, along Big Sur, Calif., that was washed away during a winter storm.

California Highway 1 In Big Sur To Reopen By April 30, Agency Says

The scenic highway snaking through California’s rugged coastal cliffs has been closed since Jan. 28, when heavy rain triggered a landslide that carried a chunk of the roadway into the sea.

Nearly 130 million U.S. adults have completed their vaccine regimens, the CDC says, with another 70 million vaccine doses currently in the distribution pipeline. Here, Maryland National Guard Brig. Gene. Janeen Birckhead greets soldiers at a mobile vaccine clinic in Wheaton, Md.

Half Of All US Adults Are Now Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19

The stunning speed of the vaccines' development and rollout has helped tame COVID-19 in the U.S., which remains the worst-hit country in the world.

Volunteers putting together holiday "baskets" at the Community Resource Center in Encinitas on Nov. 30, 2020.

North County Families In Need To Receive Holiday 'Baskets'

The Encinitas Community Resource Center is hoping to make the holidays a little more special with holiday baskets for families who have faced a difficult year.

A Bank of America sign is displayed at a branch in New York on April 10, 2020.

Small Business Rescue Earned Banks $10 Billion In Fees

Banks handling the federal government's loan program for small businesses made more than $10 billion in fees, while thousands of small businesses were shut out of the program.

Hurricane Irma damaged homes in the Florida Keys in 2017. A new study finds buildings in the contiguous U.S. are concentrated in disaster-prone areas.

More Than Half Of U.S. Buildings Are In Places Prone To Disaster, Study Finds

Buildings are concentrated in places that are likely to be hit by a disaster such as a hurricane, flood or wildfire, researchers found. That includes both urban and rural hotspots.

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