A new 'equity measure' requires counties to reduce test positivity rates in the least well-off communities to match or be close to the county average.
of economic, social, education, transportation, housing and environmental health — must separately meet specific reopening criteria.
When infection occurs in their workplaces, they end up taking the virus home to families that often live in crowded neighborhoods where social distancing can be difficult and protective gear is in short supply. Higher case rates result, feed back into the workplace, and stand in the way of economic reopening for everyone.
California’s Department of Public Health is in the process of setting up a technical assistance team that will share best practices and resources that can help counties carry out their action plans. There are examples on which to draw, including in San Francisco, where the city has invested heavily in free testing, contact tracing, outreach and assistance for infected people in the Mission District, a historically Latino neighborhood.
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