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Stay-home order triggered for Santa Cruz County, Bay Area region after ICU capacity drops to 12.9%
Residents now have about 36 hours to make preparations; the new restrictions will go into effect at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday. That puts Friday, Jan. 8, as the re-evaluation date for any reopening of closed services.
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Santa Cruz County nurses rally against policy change they say would add to patient overload
Nurses at Dominican and Watsonville hospitals insist that their hands are too full already as they deal with new risks, and new protocols, to treat surging numbers of COVID-19 patients.
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‘Such a burnout’: As workloads rise, nurses hope new testing guidelines, vaccines, bring relief
As COVID-19 surges, nurses in Santa Cruz County are being stretched to their limits. And getting tested for many has been just as challenging as it has for the general public. Will new testing protocol and a vaccine lesson the burden?
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Watsonville nurses to demonstrate against staffing requirement change
Nurses expect to demonstrate outside Watsonville Community Hospital at 2 p.m. Wednesday due to the possibility the hospital could apply for a waiver that allows more patients to nurses than currently allowed.
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County ICU bed capacity shrinks, but hospitals are ready to deploy surge beds
Santa Cruz County has just a handful of available ICU beds remaining. Local hospitals are planning to expand their capacity, but it won’t be easy.
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Santa Cruz County homeless deaths hit all-time high in 2020
The number of deaths in the county also went up by about 13% compared to last year, but homeless people died at more than five times the rate of the rest of the county population.
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ICU capacity explained: What to know about a key coronavirus metric in California
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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Vaccine watch: Santa Cruz County’s first batches to be administered on Thursday
COVID-19 vaccinations will begin with emergency health care workers Thursday morning, followed by other health care personnel. Nursing homes will be served by a separate federal pharmacy program.
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1,590 COVID-19 vaccine doses headed to Santa Cruz County. How will they get distributed?
Drive-thru vaccinations? That’s entirely possible under the county’s vaccine distribution plan.