CDPH Archives - California Globe

California is Still Allowing COVID Patients in Skilled Nursing Facilities

June 15, 2020 7:28 amJune 15, 2020 3:01 pm

In March California Globe reported the California Department of Public Health was suspending nursing home relegations to allow for COVID-19 patients to be “discharged to a Skilled Nursing Facility when clinically indicated.” Following deadly COVID outbreaks in nursing homes and...

California to Reopen Dine-In Restaurants, Most Retail Businesses in Approved Counties

May 12, 2020 6:51 pm

On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that dine-in restaurants can now open in a limited capacity in counties that meet all public health benchmarks and are approved by the state. Phase 2 reopenings and new public health rules Joining dine-in...

CA Department of Public Health Suspending Nursing Home Relegations

April 2, 2020 2:05 pm

Nursing homes are under lockdown following some very serious COVID-19 outbreaks and deaths, following the first deadly outbreak in a Seattle nursing home, which resulted in 35 total deaths. Since then, we are seeing too many stories about nursing home...