Sunita Sohrabji

Clockwise from top left: Dr. Olivia Kasirye, MD, MS, County Health Officer, Sacramento County Public Health; Rachel Rios, Executive Director, La Familia Counseling Center;...

By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor On Feb. 25 evening, a man scaled the wall of the 117-year-old Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple temple in Los Angeles...

Dr. Dali Fan is a UC Davis Health Science Clinical Professor who also serves as a volunteer vaccinator at California Northstate University in Elk...

Dr. Dali Fan is a UC Davis Health Science Clinical Professor who also serves as a volunteer vaccinator at California Northstate University in Elk...

Dr. Dali Fan is a UC Davis Health Science Clinical Professor who also serves as a volunteer vaccinator at California Northstate University in Elk...

California Governor Gavin Newsom By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Members of the California state Legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a $6.6 billion school re-opening plan,...

Shireen Carlson and her husband Leif Editor’s Note: Indian American Shireen Carlson, and her husband Leif, were both recently stricken with COVID. The couple is...

Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-California) By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributor Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-California joined several immigration advocates Feb. 16 to push for an immediate path to legalization...

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans to build two mass vaccination sites in the state, one at the Oakland Coliseum and the other at...

아시안 이민자 많은 LA, SF 설날행사, ‘소의 해’ 퍼레이드 전격 취소백신 관련 한국어 홍보도 계획중 By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor 캘리포니아주 코로나19 확산이 갈수록 심각해지는 가운데,...

特約編輯SUNITA SOHRABJI報導／Ethnic Media Services 加州衛生廳廳長加利（Mark Ghaly）2月2日在記者會上警告，即將到來的中國農曆新年和美式足球超級盃（Super Bowl）可能是兩個病毒超級傳播者活動。 在去年許多民眾相聚歡度感恩節之後，加州經歷了新冠病例激增，將醫院逼到幾乎無法負荷的崩潰邊緣。去年12月底到今年1月，加州大部分地區的加護病床皆全數用盡。由於預測加州加護病房空床率會在3月4日前回升至33%，加州州長紐森（Gavin Newsom）於1月25日解除了居家令（stay at home order）。 目前，加州57縣中有54縣處於限制最嚴格的紫色級別，但餐廳已可開放戶外用餐，理髮廳和美甲店可重開，青少年體育活動也可重新在戶外舉行。 加利說：「我們希望確保周日的超級盃不會成為下一個病毒超級傳播者。」他建議民眾，在超級盃和中國農曆新年期間，最好留在家中和同住的家人一起慶祝，或透過像Zoom等網路平台和親友慶祝。過去每年農曆新年都會舉辦遊行的舊金山，今年已決定取消遊行，洛杉磯也將限制農曆新年的慶祝活動。 加利說：「我們不容再有失誤。」 加利宣布，加州努力在分配疫苗方面做得更公平。他說：「加強公平性是我們最重要的目標之一。」他還說，在公平和速度之間做選擇是錯誤的。加州正在執行一項「表現獎金」計劃，提供加州最難聯繫的社區和少數族裔社區疫苗接種服務的醫護人員，將可獲得獎勵。 加州還將推出一個公眾教育計劃，協助少數族裔社區了解新冠疫苗。凱瑟家庭基金會（Kaiser Family Foundation）最近進行的一項調查發現，三分之二的非裔和西語裔受訪者表示，他們不了解疫苗的潛在副作用或效用。 加利表示，加州已開始使用值得信賴的訊息平台來宣傳疫苗的安全性和有效性，包括少數族裔媒體和不同語言的內容。 加利指出，過去14天，加州的確診率下降了38%，住院人數減少了29%，目前總住院人數為1萬4221人，加護病房占床率也下降了18%，目前加護病房新冠住院人數為3797人。預測模型顯示，加利表示，加州住院人數和加護病房住院人數到3月4日會降為現在的一半。 此外，致病力和傳染力較高的變種新冠病毒已經在加州出現，約767個病例已經被驗出是西岸變種病毒B.1.429造成的。此外，加州還出現了290例的B.1.429變種病毒病例和133例的英國變種病毒病例。

Por SUNITA SOHRABJI/editora colaboradora de EMS El próximo Año Nuevo Lunar Chino y el domingo del Super Bowl son dos eventos que potencialmente podrían crear...

Also available in Spanish, Chinese, and Korean. By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor The upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year and Super Bowl Sunday are both potential COVID...

Clockwise from top left: Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice; Cyrus Mehta, Founder and Managing Partner of Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners, PLLC;...

By SUNITA SOHRABJI/ EMS Contributing Editor California Governor Gavin Newsom lifted the state’s Stay-At-Home orders, effective immediately Jan 25, based on projections of intensive care...

California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor COVID hospitalization rates have slightly declined since the beginning of the year,...

From left to right: Dr. William Schaffner, Professor of Preventive Medicine in the Department of Health Policy and Professor of Medicine in the Division...

California Governor Gavin NewsomBy SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Hospitalizations from COVID-19 infections in California have risen dramatically in the past 14 days, even prior to...

California Governor Gavin NewsomBy SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor California’s COVID-19 related death rates jumped by 10,000 last month — for a total of 30,000 —...

California Governor Gavin NewsomPor SUNITA SOHRABJI / Editora colaboradora de EMS El gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, presentó el presupuesto estatal para el período 2021-2022...