Update: Four workers at South Bay Trader Joe test positive for coronavirus

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People line up for a drive-through COVID-19 test site on the main campus of Bergen Community College in Paramus, NJ, May 12, 2020. -New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy today provided details on the increased COVID-19. Test and contact tracking.

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July 15 12:30 pm San Francisco health director Dr. Grant Colfax spoke at a news conference on Wednesday about the surge in COVID-19 infections and the decision to extend the suspension. Colfax encouraged residents to limit gatherings as much as possible to reduce the spread of the virus.

The rise in cases was the result of a combination of factors, including gatherings with family and friends, he said.

“These visits are hard to resist, but the truth is they are spreading COVID,” Colfax said. “These birthday parties, visits with grandparents, barbecues, contribute to business delays, rollbacks, or return to school.”

“At the moment, we encourage you to minimize your meetings as much as possible, get outside when you get together, wear a mask, and keep a social distance,” he said. We know that there is plenty of room to improve that adherence. “

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12:00 pm San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax announced Wednesday that they have suspended the resumption of personal care operations, including hair salons, massages and tattoo shops, until the city’s surge of incidents has been curbed. ..

“The San Francisco Board did a great job following this spring’s stay home order, and we must continue to do a good job to control the spread of COVID-19. Mayor Breed said in a statement: We have been in this state for a long time and we cannot lose our concentration.” “We want companies to be able to safely resume and stay open, but to do that, everyone needs to play their part. Wearing a mask when you go out, Avoid congregations as much as possible. It is our responsibility to contain the virus so that we can continue to move forward as a city.”

The city will provide another update for these businesses on July 17.

Last week, Mayor Breed announced that he was unable to launch these personal services on the scheduled resumption of July 13 due to a sudden surge of incidents.

“Unfortunately, it’s not safe at this time to restart a business that encourages people outside your home to gather and interact,” she said.

11:50 am The annual New Year’s Day Rose Parade in Pasadena was canceled for the first time since 1945 as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

“In addition to the advance planning that our band and equestrian team need, the construction of the floats took months and usually thousands of volunteers gathered in ways that are not in compliance with safety recommendations, It’s not safe,” said David Ease, executive director and CEO of the Rose Association’s Pasadena Tournament, in a statement. We believe we can preserve the heritage of the Rose Parade for generations.”

11:40 am After several days of confusion over the new state’s instructions to temporarily ban outdoor dining in Alameda County, the state gave the county regional differences that allowed the county’s restaurants to serve its patrons outdoors. It was.

The Auckland Zoo can now be restarted. Click here for more information.

10:40 am The San Francisco Unified School District will begin its fall semester lessons on August 17th only via distance learning.

The news, sent in a letter from the Dean of Education, Dr. Vincent Matthews, points out that the district hopes to eventually implement a “hybrid approach” to learning. This includes a combination of face-to-face classroom learning and virtual instruction, but “only if science and data suggest it is safe to do so.”

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10 am The company confirmed that four workers at Trader Joe’s in South Bay were positive for coronavirus between Friday and Sunday. East Bay Times.. The fifth test is still in process.

“We found that there was no close-in infection in the store, with close contact between crews, both outside the store and at work,” said Trader Joe spokeswoman Kenya Friend Daniel. It was

All employees last worked in the store at Prospect Road at Westgate Center in San Jose between July 2nd and July 8th.

8:45 am The state of California has revised its COVID-19 testing guidelines and focused on treating patients in hospitals and those at high risk of infection as a surge in testing capacity for pandemic strains.

On Tuesday, the state health department released a 4-tier priority system for testing. People hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms are at the top of the list, along with the “close contacts” of those with confirmed infection.

Next in line are other symptomatic people and those living in high-risk facilities such as nursing homes, prisons, homeless shelters, health care and paramedics.

After that, non-binding guidelines recommend testing various employees who engage in “frequent public contact”.

Includes employees in retail stores, manufacturing, restaurants, markets and convenience stores. Teacher; agricultural work including food processing plants and slaughterhouses. Public transportation including airport and rail services.

Testing Californians to determine if they have been exposed to COVID-19 and following those who have been contacted are believed to be important in reducing the spread of infection with the surge in hospitalization rates and positive tests. I will.

California currently has an average of more than 100,000 tests a day combined with public and private test sites, but we estimate that we need to double that number to deal with the virus. Some researchers are doing it.

However, as California joined other states and lawsuits surged, it became more difficult to obtain supplies for testing, and commercial laboratories were slow to provide test results, the State Department of Health said. Mentioned in the news release.

“The new testing guidelines are being done “while we work in parallel to improve testing capacity across the state,” said Dr. Mark Gurley, secretary of the California Department of Health and Human Services.

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Associated Press contributed to this story.

July 15th, 8am: Dr Monica Gandhi, a medical professor at the University of California at San Francisco and a medical director at the HIV clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, said more evidence that masks not only protect others, but also wearers. It says that.

Inhalation of more viral particles can increase the severity of the disease, so wearing a mask may reduce the severity of the infection, even when exposed.

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July 15, 6:45 am To strengthen the enforcement of COVID-19 health orders in Contra Costa County, county leaders issued a ticket on Tuesday to companies, places of worship, and other groups where the workers of the county were found to be in violation of the rules. Sought bylaw to authorize issuance.

County supervisors also called for a dedicated telephone hotline to report violations of the health order, partly to motivate compliance with the rules.

Both actions were taken on Tuesday as COVID-19 infection rates increased both in Contra Costa County and throughout the Bay Area. County Health Director Annaros told her boss that the total number of infections in the last three weeks had almost quintupled to 5,023 from the end of March to late June.

“The range of (viral) infections is expanding from all directions,” Ross said, pointing out that the spread is occurring more rapidly in low-income communities.

Bay City News contributed to this article.

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