COVID-19 Archives - Page 2 of 11

Talk of the Town: How have you ascended through this pandemic while living in Oakland?

November 9, 2021 Toni Rochelle

Oakland residents adjusting to pandemic through creativity, community care, and reflection.

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Covid Vaccine for Children 5-11 Coming in November

October 26, 2021 Momo Chang

Children 5 and up will likely be able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting in November

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OUSD Adopts COVID Vaccine Mandate, with Details to Come

September 28, 2021 Momo Chang

OUSD’s School will require students over 12 years old to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

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Pfizer vaccines for 5-11 year-olds may be coming soon

September 20, 2021 Momo Chang

Pfizer/BioNTech, the maker of one of the COVID-19 vaccines, announced that their trial on children ages 5-11 is safe and that the vaccine generated antibodies to the virus. They are expected to submit to the

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Masks: Is it over?!

July 15, 2021 Kevonna Taylor

Editor’s Note: Oakland Voices alumna Kevonna Taylor shares how she feels about mask guidelines, especially now with variants. Now that California is slowly re-opening, and masks can come off for those who are vaccinated in

COVID-19 cases decline as Oakland reopens

June 28, 2021 Rasheed Shabazz

COVID-19 cases have dropped in Oakland.

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Coliseum vaccination site closing in April

March 29, 2021 Rasheed Shabazz

Oakland has 25,870 COVID-19 cases. Alameda County has had 82,243 cases and 1,399 deaths. Vaccine updates in Oakland To date, 808,611 vaccine doses have been administered, including 508,109 first doses and 309,878 full vaccinated. In

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Oakland schools start reopening next week

March 22, 2021 Rasheed Shabazz

Schools to reopen with ‘equity’ in mind.

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New Community-Based COVID Vaccine Sites in Oakland Try to Close Equity Gaps

March 11, 2021 Momo Chang

Plus, more news you can use about the COVID vaccine Alameda County opened its first community-based COVID-19 vaccination site at Fremont High School in East Oakland on February 4, while the state is partnering with

Vaccines distributed unequally in Oakland; federal COVID Relief on the way

March 1, 2021 Rasheed Shabazz

Who is at risk? Who is being protected?