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District reopening plans say school officials will work with the Health Care Agency to decide on a case by case basis what to do if someone tests positive for coronavirus.
The new data clearly shows the virus has hit working class communities hardest but it’s also clear that increased county outreach to affected neighborhoods is stemming the tide.
Meanwhile, all OC schools could have the ability to reopen classrooms in a couple weeks, but it’s unclear who’s overseeing enforcement of the state coronavirus guideline
Questions have been swirling about whether Clayton Chau is qualified to be the top medical doctor protecting the health of the county’s 3 million residents.
Over the weekend, OC Health Care Agency officials had to walk back an advisement to schools that they could reopen by Sept. 8.
Dr. Clayton Chau was unanimously appointed by OC supervisors on Tuesday as county health officer.
Six weeks after the drive-through testing site opened at the Anaheim Convention Center, two county supervisors want to direct staff to translate sign-up forms for the testing site and create a call center in multiple languages.
It’s taken Orange County officials at least four weeks to offer a non-English sign-up form for their largest coronavirus testing site.
Both West Anaheim and Santa Ana are home to many Latino immigrant families for whom English is not their first language.
In terms of percentage growth in cases, six of the top 10 cities were in south county, led by Lake Forest, Dana Point and San Clemente.