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COVID-19

Three years after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, KCET brings you the latest on the coronavirus and perspectives on it has impacted Southern California. Visit the CDC website for the latest information.

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Carlos Hernandez holds his face mask while getting a haircut during the pandemic.
Gov. Gavin Newsom promised business as usual, but there could be exceptions to everyday life returning to normal. Here are questions and answers to clear up confusion.
A young man in long black hair gets a vaccine from a young Black woman wearing a ponytail.
Everyone who has been vaccinated with at least one dose in the state by early June will be eligible to win money.
A wrinkled man in a face mask and cap gets a vaccine in his arm as he sits in his car.
A medida que se acercaba la temporada de cosecha, los productores rogaron a los funcionarios del condado que vacunaran a sus trabajadores. Pero el estado y los condados no dieron prioridad a las dosis de vacunas para los trabajadores agrícolas en febrero. Entonces, los productores y los médicos intervinieron y establecieron sus propias clínicas.
A wrinkled man in a face mask and cap gets a vaccine in his arm as he sits in his car.
As harvest season approached, growers begged county officials to vaccinate their workers. But the state and counties didn’t prioritize vaccine doses for farmworkers in February. So the growers and doctors stepped in and set up their own clinics.
Close up shot of a woman's hands, one wearing a white latex glove, as she holds a passport.
Digital tools to certify immunity from COVID-19 could help ease lockdowns, but raise equality and privacy concerns.
A woman receives Bharat Biotech's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine called COVAXIN at a vaccination center, in New Delhi, India, April 5, 2021.
Millions risk missing out on COVID-19 vaccines as India uses its national digital identity for registration and pilots facial recognition technology at inoculation centers.
A patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) receives oxygen inside an ambulance after she was evacuated from the Vijay Vallabh hospital, which caught fire in Virar, on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, April 23, 2021.
As desperate relatives post pleas for help and information on Twitter, those without access to the internet struggle with inundated phone lines and overburdened hospitals.
Two young Black men in suits pose together and smile at the camera.
Black-led social entrepreneurs in the United States and Britain are tackling inequalities highlighted by COVID-19.
A patient wearing an oxygen mask is wheeled inside a COVID-19 hospital for treatment, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India, April 21, 2021.
Medical staff are facing life-or-death scrambles to get scarce oxygen supplies as COVID-19 cases surge.
A woman in a black t-shirt gets a vaccine administered on her right arm by a woman in dark blue scrubs.
Nearly 278,000 people in L.A. County may be overdue for their second dose, according to county figures released today.
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