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LYON, France — Halving the dose of antenatal betamethasone given to prevent severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants does not appear to affect later intelligence quotient (IQ) scores or other measures of neurodevelopment, suggests a follow-up study of a randomized trial. However, it is unclear from the present data, presented at the Congress of
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Humboldt Announces Immediate Implementation of California’s Business Reopening Plan
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Humboldt County Joint Information Center release:
The Humboldt County Emergency Operations Center is incorporating the State’s new four-tier business reopening framework into the Reopening Plan process. Local businesses with an EOC-certified plan can reopen as soon as today with safety modifications in place.
Under the “Blueprint for a Safer Economy,” each county is assigned to one of four tiers based on two criteria: seven-day COVID-19 case rate (with a seven-day lag) and seven-day test positivity rate. Humboldt County is currently in Moderate Tier 3 or Orange with a 1.4 percent positivity rate and 3.6 cases per 100,000 residents. Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich said the State replaced the County Monitoring List with a more flexible system so businesses and organizations can better understand what safety measures are required as virus conditions change.
“Local businesses that have gone through the Reopening Plan process have done a good job overall of putting measures in place to help keep employees, customers and our entire community as safe as possible,” she said. “This new framework has the flexibility to loosen and tighten safety requirements for businesses based on how the virus is spreading in our community, rather than simply opening and closing them.”
Most sectors that were closed by the Governor in July can reopen modified indoor services with safety measures in place, though the State is requiring other sectors to implement additional restrictions, such as limits on total capacity. For example, restaurants may resume dine-in services at 50 percent capacity. Gyms and fitness centers can maintain current indoor services but are limited to 25 percent capacity.
Dr. Frankovich urged a cautious approach to reopening as some sectors, including Family Entertainment Centers and Wineries may be required to transition to outdoor services or fully close some operations if the State moves Humboldt County into a higher tier. At present, bars are only allowed to reopen for outdoor service and would close with movement into the next tier. “We’re not far from meeting the State’s conditions for the next, more restrictive tier,” she said. “That means that the choices we all make each day—like wearing a facial covering, avoiding gatherings and physical distancing are critically important in keeping our community healthy and our businesses open.”
Learn more about the “Blueprint for a Safer Economy,” and find out what sectors are open in Humboldt County at covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/. For a list of each sector’s safety measures by tier, go here.
For more information about the Business Reopening Plan process and to apply, visit humboldtgov.org/COVIDReopening. Businesses or organizations with questions about Reopening Plans or about operating under this new framework should contact the Joint Information Center at 707-441-5000 or [email protected].
(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) As Grace Griffin and her husband were welcoming their long-awaited baby — a daughter — Griffin found herself worried about looming medical bills and unsure if their family could pay for the care they needed. “This whole experience has me wondering (keeping me up at night, actually): Can we ever afford
LYON, France — Halving the dose of antenatal betamethasone given to prevent severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants does not appear to affect later intelligence quotient (IQ) scores or other measures of neurodevelopment, suggests a follow-up study of a randomized trial. However, it is unclear from the present data, presented at the Congress of
After years of searching for affordable health insurance, Trey Wright discovered Georgia Pathways to Coverage. The state’s limited Medicaid expansion program allowed the 27-year-old living in the rural city of Jesup in southeastern Georgia to finally visit a primary care doctor regularly. It also covered weekly shots to manage an array of allergies, saving him
(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) As Grace Griffin and her husband were welcoming their long-awaited baby — a daughter — Griffin found herself worried about looming medical bills and unsure if their family could pay for the care they needed. “This whole experience has me wondering (keeping me up at night, actually): Can we ever afford
LYON, France — Halving the dose of antenatal betamethasone given to prevent severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants does not appear to affect later intelligence quotient (IQ) scores or other measures of neurodevelopment, suggests a follow-up study of a randomized trial. However, it is unclear from the present data, presented at the Congress of
After years of searching for affordable health insurance, Trey Wright discovered Georgia Pathways to Coverage. The state’s limited Medicaid expansion program allowed the 27-year-old living in the rural city of Jesup in southeastern Georgia to finally visit a primary care doctor regularly. It also covered weekly shots to manage an array of allergies, saving him
