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Anonymous ID: 5a04e0 Jan. 7, 2022, 8:10 p.m. No.15330069   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0089 >>0108 >>0341 >>0416 >>0530

Governor Newsom Activates National Guard to Bolster State’s COVID-19 Testing Capacity

Published: Jan 07, 2022

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that he has activated the California National Guard to support local communities with additional testing facilities and capacity amid the national surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant.

 

“California has led the country’s fight against COVID-19, implementing first-in-the-nation public health measures that have helped save tens of thousands of lives,” said Governor Newsom. “We continue to support communities in their response to COVID by bolstering testing capacity.”

 

This new action is on top of the existing 6,000 testing sites that have been set up across the state, the recent demand-based expansion of hours at state-operated sites and the 9.6 million tests that the state has distributed to schools since early December.

 

The announcement comes as Omicron continues to spread rapidly across the globe, accounting for at least 80% of COVID-19 cases in California. The National Guard plan will deploy over 200 Cal Guard members across 50 Optum Serve sites around the state, providing interim clinical staff while permanent staff are hired, adding capacity for walk-ins, assisting with crowd control and back-filling for staff absences – all in an effort to conduct more tests for more Californians. Additional members of the Guard will be deployed next week in similar capacities.

 

These measures will bolster California’s already robust testing program – the most extensive in the nation. Currently, 90% of Californians live within a 30-minute drive of a site. Amidst the surge, the state has been able to maintain a 48-hour turn around for PCR tests.

 

Click here for b-roll of California National Guard personnel assisting the Antioch Community Center testing site today, which is now doubling the number of testing windows and the number of appointments available per day.

 

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/01/07/governor-newsom-activates-national-guard-to-bolster-states-covid-19-testing-capacity/

Anonymous ID: 5a04e0 Jan. 7, 2022, 8:13 p.m. No.15330089   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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Department of Health and Human Services

 

Administration for Children and Families

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Health Resources and Services Administration

National Institutes of Health

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Office of Public Health and Science

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National Guard Bureau

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Department of Education

 

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