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JAMEY KEATEN and MARIA CHENG Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Nations and health experts worldwide reacted with alarm Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a halt to the sizable funding the United States sends to the World Health Organization. They warned that the move could jeopardize global efforts to stop the coronavirus pandemic. At a briefing in Washington, Trump said he was instructing his administration to halt funding for the WHO pending a review of its role "in severely mismanaging and covering up the s...
The Associated Press In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they likely were facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus, the city of Wuhan at the epicenter of the disease hosted a mass banquet for tens of thousands of people; millions began traveling through for Lunar New Year celebrations. President Xi Jinping warned the public on the seventh day, Jan. 20. But by that time, more than 3,000 people had been infected during almost a week of public...
The Associated Press President Donald Trump announced a halt to American payments to the World Health Organization, pending a review of its warnings about the coronavirus and China. Nations around the world reacted with alarm to the news, and health experts warned the move could jeopardize global efforts to stop the coronavirus pandemic. The first tentative steps in lifting the economically crippling coronavirus restrictions in Europe and China are running into resistance,... Full story
COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's name will be printed on the stimulus checks that the Internal Revenue Service will be sending to tens of millions of Americans around the country, in an unprecedented move finalized this week. The Treasury Department confirmed the decision in a statement Wednesday. It marks the first time a president's name has appeared on any IRS payments, either refund checks or other stimulus checks...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County's COVID-19 death toll now sits at 53, while 1,930 county residents have had confirmed cases. County health officials confirmed 83 more coronavirus cases Tuesday and six more deaths locally from the illness. The latest individuals who died were men aged 63, 79 and 86 and women aged 81, 98 and 100. To date, more than half of the county's deaths related to COVID-19 have occurred in people over the age of 80. Hospitalizations increased to 450 since the pandemic first hit San Diego County, 164... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve gasoline in San Diego County dropped today to its lowest amount since July 20, 2017, decreasing 1.5 cents to $2.885. The average price has dropped 41 consecutive days, decreasing 64.8 cents, including 1.9 cents on Tuesday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. The streak is the longest since a 42-day run from Nov. 7-Dec. 18, 2019. The average price is 9.2 cents less than a week ago, 52.3 cents lower than a month ago and $1.158 below...
We talked on the phone with Dr. James W. Rhee, MD, FACMT, FACEP, FAAEM and Medical Director of United Medical Doctors Urgent Care in Murrieta and Temecula about COVID-19, how United Medical Doctors will begin doing COVID-19 Antibody Testing at their facility in Murrieta, and he explained some of the discussion around antibody testing in general. Below is information on the test, shared by United Medical Doctors Urgent Care: The COVID-19 Antibody Test is a blood test that...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - After a weekend in which fewer new cases and deaths from COVID-19 were reported, San Diego County health officials confirmed 83 more cases today and six more deaths locally from the illness. The county now has 1,930 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, with 53 deaths. The latest individuals who died were men aged 63, 79 and 86 and women aged 81, 98 and 100. To date, more than half of the county's deaths related to COVID-19 have occurred in people over the age of 80. Hospitalizations increased to 450 since... Full story
DEL MAR (CNS) - The 2020 San Diego County Fair was canceled this year due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, following a unanimous vote by the Del Mar fair board. "The health and safety of our community takes precedence during this unprecedented time of crisis,'' Del Mar Fairgrounds CEO and general manager Tim Fennell said. "The San Diego County Fair is a beloved family tradition for more than 1.5 million San Diegans each year, as well as a source of livelihood for numerous individuals and businesses. Yet with the conti... Full story
FALLBROOK - Two people were taken to a hospital after a crash on East Mission Road in Fallbrook this afternoon. The crash was reported a little before 2:20 p.m. on East Mission’s intersection with Pamela Lane, about a mile east of Stage Coach Lane, according to information from the California Highway Patrol. Two vehicles — a Ford F350 pickup hauling a trailer and a Kia sedan — were heading in opposite directions when they sideswiped each other in the middle of the roadway, according to the CHP. Two people, both occup...
.SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Feeding San Diego announced today that it has added three new meal distribution sites to expand its reach to county youth in need of food supplies due to COVID-19 related school closures. The nonprofit has added one new site at Armed Services YMCA in San Diego and two sites at community centers in Vista, bringing its total youth emergency meal site count to 11. Free, hot meals are available to youths 18 years of age or younger Monday through Friday at most locations, while cold meals are available at one... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego City Council unanimously approved an emergency ordinance today deferring fees and renewing permits for businesses requiring police regulation for 120 days in light of economic slowdowns from the COVID-19 pandemic. The ordinance would allow the more than 2,900 businesses in San Diego which require police regulation to defer late fees for police permits and to extend those permits for businesses renewing between April 1 and June 30. They would have an additional 120 days from their renewal dates...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Airports in San Diego County will receive more than $91.6 million in government aid to help respond to plunging demand created by the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Federal Aviation Administration announced today. The airport receiving the most funding in the region is San Diego International with $91.2 million, while Brown Field Municipal and Gillespie Field in El Cajon will each receive $157,000. Montgomery-Gibbs Executive's share is $69,000, and Bob Maxwell Memorial Airfield in Oceanside will...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Four sailors from the San Diego-based USS Theodore Roosevelt have been hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms, Navy officials said today, in an announcement that came one day after a crew member died of complications from the virus. The number of positive cases aboard the carrier now numbers nearly 600, with one of the four hospitalized sailors currently in the Intensive Care Unit "for increased observation due to shortness of breath,'' according to a Navy statement. The unidentified crew member who died was... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Qualifying small businesses in the city of San Diego must apply by tonight for money from the city's Small Business Relief Fund, which recently received more than $300,000 in donations amid the coronavirus pandemic. GoFundMe, Qualcomm and Cal Coast Credit Union have contributed $100,000 each in a bid to encourage others to donate to the relief fund, aimed at helping local small businesses retain employees and stay afloat, Mayor Kevin Faulconer said Monday. The Small Business Relief Fund was started with...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve gasoline in San Diego County dropped today to its lowest amount since July 27, 2017, decreasing 1.9 cents to $2.90. The average price has dropped 40 consecutive days, decreasing 63.3 cents, including six-tenths of a cent on Monday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. The streak is the longest since a 42-day run from Nov. 7-Dec. 18, 2019. The average price is 9.3 cents less than a week ago, 52.3 cents lowe than a month ago and...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - While case numbers continued to rise across the county, a sailor died today of COVID-19-related complications after contracting the virus while aboard the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, the Navy announced. The sailor, whose name was withheld pending family notification, tested positive for COVID-19 on March 30 and was placed in an isolation house on Naval Base Guam along with four other USS Theodore Roosevelt sailors, according to the Navy. On Thursday morning, the sailor was found... Full story
CARLSBAD (CNS) - A 10-person crew is in the midst of a three-week shelter-in-place shift at the Claude "Bud'' Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, relieving an initial crew that self-quarantined on site for three weeks to continue producing clean drinking water for county residents amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting March 19, the first crew of 10 "mission-critical employees'' was stationed at the plant to continue operations, working two 12-hour shifts each day and sleeping in RVs in the plant parking lot, according to Poseid...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The Conrad Prebys Foundation today awarded a $350,000 challenge grant to support UC San Diego in its COVID-19 efforts, including research and health care response. The purpose of the San Diego-based foundation's match opportunity is to raise funds specifically for frontline health care in the region, according to UCSD Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. "Our region, our nation and the world is in the midst of a continually evolving public health crisis,'' Khosla said. "As the region's only academic medical...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Researchers at UC San Diego Health announced today the first empirical findings that strongly associate the temporary loss of smell and taste with COVID-19. Loss of sensory functions have been anecdotally linked to COVID-19 infections since the coronavirus pandemic began, but in a study published in theInternational Forum of Allergy & Rhinology journal, the researchers reported the first data-backed link. "Based on our study, if you have smell and taste loss, you are more than 10 times more likely to have...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego City Attorney's Office announced today that it has obtained nearly 50 gun violence restraining orders since the beginning of March against people who posed a threat to themselves or others. The GVRO orders, which allow police to remove firearms from people suspected of posing a risk of violence and prevents the lawful purchase of new firearms, have been served against more than 300 individuals since the program's inception in December 2017, with more than 500 firearms removed. Since COVID-19...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector Dan McAllister announced today his office will consider penalty cancellation requests from those directly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. "We know COVID-19 has had widespread consequences for people in San Diego, California and across the nation, and we want to be as compassionate and lenient as possible,'' McAllister said. "We will cancel late penalties for those directly affected by the virus.'' Taxpayers can find a special penalty cancellation request form on... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer directed all city- operated buildings and facilities to fly flags at half-staff today to pay tribute to people who have lost their lives to the coronavirus. "The city of San Diego is flying flags at half-staff in tribute to every American, Californian and San Diegan who has fallen to COVID-19 and in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in hard-hit places like New York,'' Faulconer said. "The sudden passing of so many fellow Americans from a pandemic disease is... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A sailor died this morning of COVID-19-related complications after contracting the virus while aboard the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, the Navy announced. The sailor, whose name was withheld pending family notification, tested positive for COVID-19 on March 30 and was placed in an isolation house on Naval Base Guam along with four other USS Theodore Roosevelt sailors, the Navy reported today. On Thursday morning, the sailor was found unresponsive during a daily medical check and... Full story
