Growing Omicron Variant Outbreak On The Minds Of Holiday Travelers At SFO
The holiday rush is on at San Francisco International Airpirt, but some are feeling uneasy amid warnings of omicron cases spreading across the country and the globe.
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The holiday rush is on at San Francisco International Airpirt, but some are feeling uneasy amid warnings of omicron cases spreading across the country and the globe.
Health officials in Marin and Sonoma counties reported their first cases of the COVID-19 omicron variant on Friday, as its rapid spread raises concerns in the North Bay and throughout the Bay Area.
Health officers across the Bay Area renewed calls for people to get COVID-19 booster shots Friday, as many have yet to receive their third dose while the omicron variant rapidly spreads across the region.
Hiring in California slowed significantly in November even as the state's unemployment rate dipped below 7% for the first time since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, according to new data released Friday.
The NFL has moved three games because of COVID-19 outbreaks: Las Vegas at Cleveland from Saturday to Monday; and Seattle at the Los Angeles Rams and Washington at Philadelphia from Sunday to Tuesday.
U.S. health officials are endorsing "test-to-stay" policies that allow close contacts of students infected with the coronavirus to remain in classrooms if they test negative.
A group of neighbors in one East Bay community say they barely knew each other before the COVID outbreak, but now their Livermore Street has been transformed into a twinkling display of unity.
Last year, restaurants were getting ready to package up holiday meals to go. This year, in-person dining is back but the question is: how long can restaurateurs continue to serve?
Santa Clara County health officials made an urgent plea for residents to receive their COVID-19 vaccine boosters Thursday, as cases of the rapidly spreading omicron variant are rising.
With the recent urgent plea for people to get their COVID-19 booster shots, free walk-up vaccination clinics are needed more than ever, especially as we enter the holiday season.
Amid concerns about the COVID-19 omicron variant, Stanford University announced Thursday that the first two weeks of classes of the Winter 2022 quarter will be conducted online and that booster shots would be required for students.
The statewide indoor mask mandate went back into effect Wednesday, with California health officials re-implemented the requirement amid concerns about the omicron variant and a holiday COVID surge.
Though California has again mandated masks in indoor public settings, the state granted exemptions to Contra Costa, Marin and San Francisco counties for gyms and other businesses already requiring all patrons to be totally vaccinated.
Health officials in San Francisco on Tuesday announced that the California Department of Public Health would allow the city to keep its existing mask mandate in place.
When students in Marin County leave school for the holiday break they will be carrying a COVID-19 test kit with them. It's part of a massive universal testing experiment that officials hope will eliminate a holiday surge of the virus.
This time last year, ICUs were filling up with a post-Thanksgiving surge of COVID-19 patients. On December 14, 2020, the first doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine went into arms to tears and applause.
Apple has reportedly reinstated indoor mask requirements and capacity restrictions at all U.S. stores amid concerns about rising COVID-19 cases before the holidays and spread of the new omicron variant.
Citing an alarming increase in COVID-19 case rates, state health officials will require all residents, regardless of their COVID-19 vaccination status, to wear masks indoors for at least a month.
California state health officials on Monday confirmed that an alarming increase in COVID-19 case rates would lead the state to reinstitute an indoor mask mandate and other restrictions starting December 15.
More than 90 percent of BART workers have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of Monday's deadline, with some 300 employees remaining unvaccinated, according to data provided by the transit agency.
A dramatic spike in COVID-19 cases in Santa Clara County, as well as the detection of the county's first Omicron case, has health experts doubling down on health protocols, especially as the holidays approach.
Contra Costa Health Services officials reached an agreement with the restaurant to reopen Thursday.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Thursday proposed extending the deadline for the city's businesses to comply with safety and accessibility changes to parklet structures and other shared spaces by nine months.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that Americans as young as 16 get a booster shot of COVID-19 vaccine.
A number of staff members at Kaiser's Oakland Medical Center have tested positive for the new Omicron COVID variant. They did not get sick at work, but instead tested positive after all 11 attended a wedding in Wisconsin at the end of November.
