Jackie Fortiér
Former Senior Health Reporter
(she/her)
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Mortality among Black and Latino communities is over double the fatality rate among white communities, according to new data from Los Angeles health authorities. -
"Our obligation first and foremost is to meet the needs of those who need a test before those who want one."
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L.A. County's guidelines on who should get tested have changed in the last week, to prioritize the most vulnerable and hardest-hit communities.
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LA County has reassigned all its contact tracers to COVID-19.
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L.A. County is ramping up the number of contact tracers, but that work is being hindered because of delays in getting test results from labs.
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Hospitals are preparing to turn areas like emergency rooms into COVID-19 treatment areas.
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More than 40% of people who have tested positive for the coronavirus in Orange County live in Santa Ana and Anaheim, even though these cities make up just over 20% of the county's total population.
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After we got an email from someone who said they were unable to book a test, we checked it out ourselves.
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A Long Beach ophthalmologist posted on Instagram that he would treat protesters for free. Hundreds took him up on the offer.
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"This is just more little bits of injustice that people are feeling if they're peacefully protesting, and they're getting hurt."
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