By DEE-ANN DURBIN Starbucks is no longer requiring its U.S. workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, reversing a plan it announced earlier this month. In a memo sent Tuesday to employees, the Seattle coffee giant said it was responding to last week’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. In a 6-3 vote, the court rejected the
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Hospitalizations COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to rise in Riverside County. Over the past 24 hours, the county reported an additional 31 COVID hospitalizations. The county now has a total of 1,109 patients. COVID Hospitalizations in the past month-and-a-half: Jan. 19 – 1,109Jan. 18 – 1,087Jan. 17 – 1,023Jan. 14 – 991Jan. 7 – 791Dec. 30 –
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You can now order free at-home COVID-19 tests from the U.S. federal government. The site went live Tuesday one day ahead of schedule. This comes well after a pre-holiday testing surge and as demand for COVID testing remains high. To order yours, head to COVIDtests.gov. You will be asked to provide your name, email, and shipping
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Hospitalizations On Monday, Riverside County went over 1,000 COVID hospitalizations for the first time since Jan. 31, 2021. From Friday to Monday, the county reported 32 hospitalizations. Over the past 24 hours, the county reported an additional 55 patients. This brings the total up to 1,087. The trend of increasing hospitalizations has not slown down
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The Coachella Valley Unified School District will temporarily limit free COVID-19 testing to students and staff starting today. The move is due in part to supply constraints, according to CVUSD spokesperson Lissette Santiago. Students and staff will need to show their student or staff ID in order to receive free COVID-19 testing from the school
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CNN By Kaitlan Collins, Maegan Vazquez and Tami Luhby, CNN The federal government has quietly launched its website to sign up for free Covid-19 tests, allowing people to order a maximum of four tests shipped directly to their household. White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed Tuesday that the government website to order free Covid-19
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For the first time in nearly a year, Riverside County has more than 1,000 COVID-related hospitalizations, state data shows. Over the weekend, the county reported 32 additional hospitalizations. This brings the total number of hospitalizations up to 1,023 The county has reported a total of 714 COVID hospitalizations since Dec. 17, 2021. The county has
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Hospitalizations Riverside County is nearly at 1,000 total COVID hospitalizations. Since the county’s last report on Wednesday, there have been an additional 15 patients hospitalized due to COVID-19. This brings the county’s total up to 991 hospitalizations. Exactly one month ago, hospitalizations were at 320. Hospitalizations have not surpassed 1,000 since Jan. 31, 2021. On
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A 41-year-old felon was sentenced to 26 years to life in state prison today for killing his father’s girlfriend in Thermal, a Riverside County Superior Court Judge ruled today. Raul Alcantar Sanchez Jr. was found legally sane and convicted of murder in October for killing 34-year-old Carolina Vargas in November 2012. Sanchez appeared for
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The number of Covid viral copies found in Palm Springs’ wastewater has jumped by millions per liter in the past couple of weeks. The latest wastewater report was presented during Thursday’s city council meeting. It revealed that the amount of measured copies of Covid has more than surpassed one million, even shooting up to nearly
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Coachella Valley hospitals have not been able to catch a break, thanks to the omicron-fueled surge in covid-cases. “Our biggest challenge is being sure that we have adequate staff in order to care for these patients,” Eisenhower Health’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Alan Williamson. Tuesday marked the first time since Feb. 3, 2021 that Riverside
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Experts are warning that with Covid self-testing on the rise, the number of cases reported, which has skyrocketed due to the pandemic, could be even higher than we think. Despite the convenience of rapid self tests, some Covid cases detected at home are not be making it into official counts. Even with some underreporting, there’s
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Hospitalizations Since the county’s last report on Wednesday, there have been an additional 33 patients hospitalized due to COVID-19. This brings the county’s total up to 976 hospitalizations. Tuesday marked the first time since Feb. 3, 2021, that the county has more than 900 COVID hospitalizations. A report by the county during Tuesday’s Board of
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Riverside County health officials announced that an infant has died after contracting COVID-19. The infant was less than one year of age, becoming the youngest person in the county to die from the virus since the start of the pandemic, officials said. Officials said the death happened earlier this week at a local hospital where
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Hospitalizations Since the county’s last report on Monday, there have been an additional 42 patients hospitalized due to COVID-19. This brings the county’s total up to 943 hospitalizations. Tuesday marked the first time since Feb. 3, 2021 that the county has more than 900 COVID hospitalizations. A report by the county during Tuesday’s Board of
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Local organizations and businesses in Coachella Valley are scaling back on some operations and hours as the Omicron-fueled COVID surge pushes their staffing limits. The surge is also coming at a cost to many workers, who are asked to quarantine after federal COVID-19 pay protections have expired. In 2020, Congress guaranteed many workers two weeks
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Hospitalizations Since the county’s last report on Monday, there have been an additional 15 patients hospitalized due to COVID-19. This brings the county’s total up to 901 hospitalizations. This marks the first time since Feb. 3, 2021 that the county has more than 900 COVID hospitalizations. A report by the county during Tuesday’s Board of
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