Yolo County Launching New COVId-19 Warning System
Cases of COVID-19 are spiking in Yolo County. To slow the spread, the county is launching a new warning system to let people know when they should mask up to bring awareness to the upward trend.
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Cases of COVID-19 are spiking in Yolo County. To slow the spread, the county is launching a new warning system to let people know when they should mask up to bring awareness to the upward trend.
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COVID-19 infections are on the rise in at least 40 states, and the World Health Organization says super infectious subvariants of the omicron strain are the driving factor.
In just over two months, BA.5 outcompeted its predecessors to become the dominant cause of Covid-19 in the United States.
Los Angeles County, home to 10 million residents, is facing a return to a broad indoor mask mandate later this month if current trends in hospital admissions continue, county health Director Barbara Ferrer said this week.
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