Goleta Gives Away 10,000 COVID Home Test Kits
Demand outstrips availability within a few hours as hundreds line up at drive-in theater.
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Demand outstrips availability within a few hours as hundreds line up at drive-in theater.
Though the number of cases indicates Omicron is in retreat in Santa Barbara County, hospitalizations remain high.
Over 10,000 at-home kits will be available at the drive-thru distribution on Saturday, February 5.
The rally was sparked by the recent death of Jonathan Paul Thomas at Santa Barbara’s Main Jail.
Six inmates test positive for COVID-19 days after being transferred to the brand-new facility.
The county is sending free masks to all public, private, and charter schools to combat the surge of the Omicron variant.
League of Women Voters and Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice organize a rally on Saturday in response to the outbreak and recent death at Main Jail.
Hospitalizations have increased 309 percent in last month.
More than 240 inmates were moved into the state-of-the-art facility in Santa Maria in the wake of the latest COVID outbreak.
Two hundred thousand free, at-home tests have been requested and are expected to arrive over the coming weeks.