COVID-19

Coalition vaccinates 800 agricultural workers in Lamont, Bakersfield over the weekend

March 22, 2021 / By

BY MAURICIO SANJUAN MELO

In a joint effort to vaccinate agricultural workers, the United Against COVID-19 Coalition held a Vaccination Clinic in Kern County over the weekend.

New COVID-19 variant strain detected in Kern

March 19, 2021 / By

Kern County Public Health was notified that one case of the B.1.1.7. strain of the coronavirus has been detected in Kern County, health officials announced Thursday.

Local coalition to hold COVID-19 vaccination clinics for agricultural workers in Lamont, Bakersfield this weekend

March 17, 2021 / By

The United Against COVID Coalition is holding a series of COVID-19 vaccination clinics this weekend in Kern County for agricultural workers.

If Kern continues to meet current metrics, it could move into Red Tier next week

March 16, 2021 / By

The State announced Tuesday that Kern County’s COVID-19 metrics meet the thresholds for the State’s COVID-19 Blueprint for a Safer Economy, moving Kern closer to the Red Tier.

More than 1,000 farm workers receive COVID-19 vaccine over the weekend in Delano

March 16, 2021 / By

Land that was once used nearly 60 years ago to address farm workers’ needs was used again this weekend to bring critical health services to Central Valley farm workers.

Kern County remains in purple tier, does not meet one metric of state’s blueprint for a safer economy

March 10, 2021 / By

Kern County remains in the purple tier — the most restrictive tier — as it doesn’t meet just one of the metrics set by the State’s blueprint for a safer economy, Kern public health officials said at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting.