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Scene at mall provokes outrage and review
Scene at mall provokes outrage and review

Scene at mall provokes outrage and review

  • By TOM BODUS, Editor in Chief
  • Jan 19, 2021
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EL CENTRO — The City Council and the El Centro Regional Medical Center board of trustees will be meeting sometime Wednesday afternoon to discuss what went right and what went wrong with a vaccine clinic held at the Imperial Valley Mall early Monday morning.

Vaccine clinics draw overwhelming response
Vaccine clinics draw overwhelming response

Vaccine clinics draw overwhelming response

  • STAFF REPORT
  • Updated Jan 19, 2021
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EL CENTRO — Hundreds of persons, including many elderly, are lined up outside Imperial Valley Mall tonight and prepared to stay until morning in anticipation of receiving one of 600 Moderna COVID-19 vaccines that will be administered to individuals 65 years old and older starting at 7:30 a.m…

ECRMC reports no post-holiday COVID surge

ECRMC reports no post-holiday COVID surge

  • By VINCENT OSUNA, Staff Writer
  • Updated Jan 15, 2021
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EL CENTRO — El Centro Regional Medical Center has not seen the surge of COVID-19 positive patients that it initially anticipated as a result of Chr…

Virus variant adds wrinkle to COVID picture

Virus variant adds wrinkle to COVID picture

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Updated Jan 13, 2021
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EL CENTRO — Imperial County Supervisor Jesus Eduardo Escobar wants to know how the more contagious COVID-19 variant will impact the already strappe…

County, IID say stay-home orders have had little impact on productivity

County, IID say stay-home orders have had little impact on productivity

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Jan 12, 2021
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IMPERIAL — Both the Imperial Irrigation District and the County of Imperial say the hundreds of employees who are working from home because of COVI…

County’s response to new outbreak questioned

County’s response to new outbreak questioned

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Jan 5, 2021
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EL CENTRO — A COVID-19 exposure outbreak at the Imperial County Department of Services, where up to 80 employees could have come in close contact w…

What you need to know about the new virus strain

What you need to know about the new virus strain

  • By ANA B. IBARRA and BARBARA FEDER OSTROV, CalMatters
  • Jan 5, 2021
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As California continues to ride its worst wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health officials have more unsettling news: Six cases of a worrisom…

New therapy expected to reduce COVID hospitalizations

New therapy expected to reduce COVID hospitalizations

  • STAFF REPORT
  • Dec 31, 2020
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EL CENTRO — El Centro Regional Medical Center is hopeful a new therapy for treating high-risk COVID-19 patients will limit the number of hospital a…

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Newsom announces $450-per-student incentive to reopen schools

Newsom announces $450-per-student incentive to reopen schools

  • By ANA B. IBARRA and MIKHAIL ZINSHTEYN, CalMatters
  • Dec 31, 2020
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SACRAMENTO — After painting a dark forecast for the pandemic earlier this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday offered parents and students some ho…

Survey data will shape local vaccine plan

Survey data will shape local vaccine plan

  • By TOM BODUS, Editor in Chief
  • Dec 28, 2020
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EL CENTRO — More than 5,000 persons responded to an online Imperial County Public Health Department survey intended to measure public perceptions a…

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Tonic for the troops

Tonic for the troops

  • Updated Dec 22, 2020
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Imperial County hospitals began administering doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech on Monday.

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Local vaccination begins

Local vaccination begins

  • Updated Dec 22, 2020
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EL CENTRO — Five Imperial County Public Health Department employees on Friday were injected with new COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.

ECRMC reports inpatient count of 160

ECRMC reports inpatient count of 160

  • By VINCENT OSUNA, Staff Writer
  • Dec 16, 2020
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EL CENTRO — As of Tuesday, El Centro Regional Medical Center had a total inpatient count of 160.

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ECRMC gets help as regional ICU capacity plummets

ECRMC gets help as regional ICU capacity plummets

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  • Dec 15, 2020
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EL CENTRO — On a day state officials warned that intensive care unit capacity for the Southern Region, including Imperial County, has continued to …

Healthcare workers will get 1st priority when vaccine arrives

Healthcare workers will get 1st priority when vaccine arrives

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Dec 11, 2020
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EL CENTRO — The county is expected to receive 2,175 doses of COVID-19 vaccine before month’s end.

Health department opens survey on COVID vaccine

Health department opens survey on COVID vaccine

  • By TOM BODUS, Editor in Chief
  • Dec 9, 2020
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EL CENTRO — The Imperial County Public Health Department is trying to get a handle on local attitudes and demand for a COVID-19 vaccine as it becom…

$1M grant earmarked for COVID aid among homeless

$1M grant earmarked for COVID aid among homeless

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Dec 9, 2020
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EL CENTRO — The Imperial County Board of Supervisors at its Tuesday meeting ratified a grant for almost $1.03 million that is earmarked for emergen…

Surge in COVID cases sends many IID employees back home

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Dec 5, 2020
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EL CENTRO — For a while the Imperial Irrigation District General Manager Henry Martinez has told the IID board how well the district’s employees we…

Officials urge public to curb virus spread

Officials urge public to curb virus spread

  • By TOM BODUS, Editor in Chief
  • Updated Dec 2, 2020
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EL CENTRO — Six COVID-positive patients died Monday in Imperial County.

Local curfew enforcement unlikely to be draconian

Local curfew enforcement unlikely to be draconian

  • By VINCENT OSUNA, Staff Writer
  • Updated Nov 21, 2020
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EL CENTRO — Imperial Valley law enforcement agencies do not plan to conduct any extra traffic stops in response to the new, state-issued curfew, wh…

Imperial County issues amended health order

Imperial County issues amended health order

  • STAFF REPORT
  • Updated Nov 21, 2020
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EL CENTRO — As expected, Imperial County Health Officer Dr. Stephen Munday issued an amended local health order Friday to bring the county into com…

Alternative care site reopens at Imperial Valley College

Alternative care site reopens at Imperial Valley College

  • By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF
  • Updated Nov 20, 2020
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IMPERIAL — The alternate care site for COVID-19 patients at Imperial Valley College is officially back in business.

Governor announces new restrictions to curb surging coronavirus

Governor announces new restrictions to curb surging coronavirus

  • By BARBARA FEDER OSTROV, CalMatters
  • Nov 17, 2020
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SACRAMENTO — As California’s COVID-19 daily case count climbed to nearly 10,000 – a height not seen since early August – Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monda…

County official hopeful regarding potential vaccine

County official hopeful regarding potential vaccine

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Updated Nov 12, 2020
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EL CENTRO — As the COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Imperial County, officials are very interested in a potential vaccine that so far has shown …

Participants sought for COVID vaccine study

Participants sought for COVID vaccine study

  • By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF
  • Updated Oct 28, 2020
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EL CENTRO — El Centro Regional Medical Center will begin accepting test subjects Thursday as part of a nationwide trial to test a new COVID-19 vaccine.

Health officer amends rules for personal care services

Health officer amends rules for personal care services

  • By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF
  • Updated Oct 23, 2020
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EL CENTRO — The Imperial County Health Officer has issued an amended health officer order reflecting recent updates to California’s Blueprint for a…

County’s COVID numbers moving the wrong way

County’s COVID numbers moving the wrong way

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Updated Oct 14, 2020
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EL CENTRO — Imperial County’s hopes of moving to a less restrictive tier in the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy is being hampered by the incr…

How gyms are getting themselves reclassified as 'essential'
Workout workaround

How gyms are getting themselves reclassified as 'essential'

  • By BARBARA FEDER OSTROV, CalMatters
  • Oct 13, 2020
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BAKERSFIELD — As the pandemic forced Terry Delamater’s two Bakersfield-area fitness centers to shut down for months, the pharmacist-turned-gym-owne…

County loosens restrictions on private gatherings

County loosens restrictions on private gatherings

  • By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF
  • Updated Oct 11, 2020
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EL CENTRO — Effective Saturday evening, county residents could gather with members of up to two other households as long as they remain outdoors, k…

County urging more residents to be tested

County urging more residents to be tested

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Updated Oct 11, 2020
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EL CENTRO — As Imperial County struggles to meet the Blueprint for a Safer Economy metrics to allow it to move from the purple to the less restrict…

TK-6 schools now eligible to apply for reopening

TK-6 schools now eligible to apply for reopening

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Updated Oct 2, 2020
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EL CENTRO — School buildings in Imperial County could be reopening soon for children attending elementary school, though the school districts are t…

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Backpack giveaway targets at-risk youth

Backpack giveaway targets at-risk youth

  • STAFF REPORT
  • Updated Oct 2, 2020
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BRAWLEY — Some 125 students enrolled in the Brawley Elementary School District received free backpacks loaded with school supplies and other necess…

High-risk populations the focus of COVID forum

High-risk populations the focus of COVID forum

  • By VINCENT OSUNA, Staff Writer
  • Updated Sep 26, 2020
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EL CENTRO — The Imperial County Public Health Department was all ears during a COVID-19 community forum it held Thursday afternoon.

Court unveils reopening strategy

Court unveils reopening strategy

  • By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF
  • Updated Sep 26, 2020
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EL CENTRO – Two days after the start of the first jury trial in Imperial County in six months, the Superior Court has unveiled a six-phase Master P…

County issues amended health order

County issues amended health order

  • By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF
  • Updated Sep 24, 2020
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EL CENTRO — Imperial County Health Officer Dr. Stephen Munday issued an amended health order Wednesday that aligns the county with recent changes t…

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