Fresno County Department of Public Health leaders told the Board of Supervisors they want to deplete all their COVID-19 vaccine supply by the middle of next week. That's a shift from an earlier philosophy of holding some back for the required second doses people will eventually need. "Unless the state...
Fresno County Passes 200 COVID-19 Deaths, Kraft Foods Employees Test Positive
Fresno County passed an ominous mark Friday with the announcement that 203 people have died of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. Sixty-five of those deaths have come in August, which matches the total for all of July. With the addition of 467 positive tests since Tuesday, the county...
State’s COVID Team Heads to Madera, Will Provide Fresno County Action Plan
After two solid days of meetings and tours, the state's COVID-19 support team is leaving Fresno County. But, that doesn't mean the county is in the clear. The team next travels to Madera County to assist COVID-19 efforts there before returning to Sacramento. Fresno County leaders expect to receive an...
State Sending COVID Team to Fresno & Madera Counties as Harvest Begins
The state is sending a team to help battle the number of rising COVID-19 infections in Fresno and Madera counties. Fresno County calls it a "unified support" team that will collaborate with leaders here to best determine where and how they deploy. Fresno County officials also confirm that part of...
You Won’t Be Able to Keep Your Distance From Fresno County COVID-19 Ad Campaign
Social distancing. Check. Face covering or mask. Check. Even though you might have gotten the message, Fresno County leaders don't believe it has reached enough people to contain the coronavirus. Listen to this article: A series of new ads seeks to change that. The new campaign was mentioned during a...
All Big Fresno Fair Concerts Canceled. That’s Not Enough for This City Councilman.
The Paul Paul Theater will remain quiet at the Big Fresno Fair after an announcement that all of this year's scheduled concerts have been canceled. But Fresno City Council President Miguel Arias says the fair board should pull the plug on the entire event. According to the Fair's website, "the...
County Adds ‘Medical Investigators’ to Hunt Down COVID Cases
The Fresno County Health Department knew who to call for help tracking down COVID-19 cases — EMTs laid off because of a dip in service calls during the pandemic. Now, many of these EMTs are joining the county's 15-person MIT — Medical Investigation Team. The MITs are trained specifically to...
Fresno County Gets Chance to Plead With State: Allow ‘Dine-in’ Food Service
Letter sent, letter received, and a Monday phone meeting is set. The subject: Allow Fresno County to open restaurants. Fresno County's interim health officer Vohra and health director David Pomaville got the immediate attention of state Health Director Dr. Sonia Angell with a two-page letter. "We are requesting to move further...
Newsom Reopening Metrics Unreachable? Fresno County Says at Least One Is.
More than two dozen California counties have asked for permission to loosen their stay-at-home orders beyond what the state allows. But Fresno County is not one of them — yet. That changes today. County health officials have a call scheduled with state authorities in an attempt to change some of...
Fresno County Needs Contact Tracers, Isn’t Waiting for Newsom
Call, text, email, and repeat. Call, text, email, and repeat again. The job of a COVID-19 contact tracer, or what Gov. Newsom calls a "disease detective," isn't glamorous. But the job is so important that Fresno County must come up with 250 or more contact tracers to reopen the economy...