Category: covid-19
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San Diego Is Taking a Wait-and-See Approach to Ramping Up Virus Tracing
The process of easing coronavirus restrictions will depend on how effectively local public health officials can identify sick patients and alert others who may have had contact with them. San Diego is looking at the state for guidance, which is evaluating apps that could end up revealing one’s movements.
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San Diego’s Coronavirus Testing Is Stagnant
Officials in San Diego have repeatedly said that local hospitals are steadily increasing their COVID-19 testing capacity. Yet the number of tests performed has held steady and even went down last week, according to county data.
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Child Abuse Calls Have Dropped – and That’s Not a Good Thing
Calls to the county’s Child Welfare Services Child Abuse Hotline have decreased. Many people who are mandated reporters of potential abuse, like educators, medical health care providers and child care providers, no longer have frequent in-person contact with children.
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San Diego Backs Off Furlough Plan For Hundreds Of City Workers
The City of San Diego has abandoned a plan that would have left hundreds of city workers without pay.
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New Neighbor Relief #InCityHeights
New Neighbor Relief assists refugees on the road to self reliance in San Diego. Many refugee families on food stamps are struggling to afford basic cleaning supplies, which are essential during the time of COVID-19, because soap and other products aren’t covered by EBT/SNAP. You can reach New Neighbor Relief at newneighborrelief.org and at (619) 315-3910.