COVID-19

Frontline agricultural workers received their second doses of the Covid-19 vaccine at a Morgan Hill mushroom farm on César Chávez Day, March 31. The vaccination clinic was a follow-up to a two-day event earlier this month at Monterey Mushrooms on Hale Avenue when farmworkers from...

With Covid-19 vaccine eligibility expanding as local supplies remain limited, Morgan Hill officials have turned to a national pharmacy chain to vaccinate thousands of educators, senior citizens, farmworkers and others who spend their days on the frontline of the pandemic. Throughout March, the Morgan Hill...

A Covid-19 vaccination clinic will take place in April at the Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center, located at 17000 Monterey Road. Vaccinations will be administered to residents who meet the CDC’s vaccine eligibility guidelines, by appointment only, April 5-8 and April 10, according to...

California will open Covid-19 vaccine access to all residents age 16 and up starting on April 15 based on expected increases in the supply of vaccine doses, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday.  Vaccine doses will first become available statewide to residents age 50 and over...

San Francisco, Santa Clara and Marin counties moved into the state's orange tier of Covid-19 restrictions Tuesday, allowing them to expand indoor capacities for some businesses and reopen bars outdoors.  The three counties join San Mateo County as the only Bay Area counties to proceed...

Starting next week, Caltrain will offer free train rides to and from COVID-19 vaccination sites for people living or working in San Francisco, Santa Clara or San Mateo counties. The agency said that fare payment to vaccination sites will not be required until further notice,...

Morgan Hill residents and visitors say the return of indoor dining to local restaurants makes them feel almost like life is returning back to “normal,” one year after the Bay Area declared its first wide-ranging shelter-in-place order. Ron and Brian Hedberg, of Salinas, were eating...

Two state assemblymembers on Tuesday announced a new $3 billion bond measure that aims to spur Covid-19 economic recovery while combating climate change and food insecurity.  Assemblymembers Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, and Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, announced Assembly Bill 125—the Equitable Economic Recovery, Healthy Food Access,...

Below is a timeline of Covid-19 cases in different jurisdictions in South County. Data is from Santa Clara County's coronavirus dashboard website. Covid-19 CASES IN SOUTH COUNTY Morgan Hill  July 14: 162 July 21: 194 July 22: 213 July 29: 251 (rate per 100,000 population: 572) Aug. 3: 278 Aug. 10:...

The state’s plan to distribute more Covid-19 vaccines to more vulnerable, harder-to-reach areas has skipped over South County, but local officials are hoping to change that. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a plan earlier this week to set aside 40 percent of vaccine doses for communities...