As an independent student newspaper and the paper of record for the city of Berkeley, the Daily Cal has been communicating important updates during this pandemic. Your support is essential to maintaining this coverage.
Beginning March 7, vaccinated residents and guests of residential halls will no longer be required to wear face coverings.
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At a meeting Wednesday, members of the Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, Board of Education discussed the decision to make masks optional outdoors and voted to sign a petition urging state officials to fund climate literacy initiatives in California school districts.
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The California Department of Public Health announced Monday a statewide mask mandate effective Dec. 15 through Jan. 15.
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The first case of the omicron COVID-19 variant in the United States was recorded in California on Wednesday.
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About 49% of Berkeley children ages 5 to 11 years old have received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, announced the city of Berkeley on Thursday.
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Since the start of the fall semester, testing across campus has nearly halved, according to the campus Coronavirus Dashboard. For undergraduates, testing is less than half of what it was in August.
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As California residents prepare to return to school amid the rapid spread of the COVID-19 delta variant, the state announced new guidelines Wednesday for school staff on mandatory testing and vaccinations.
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All Berkeley residents, regardless of vaccination status, will be required to wear masks in indoor public settings beginning Aug. 3 under a new order issued Monday by city public health officer Lisa Hernandez.
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UC Berkeley’s University Health Services, or UHS, released data showing that campus COVID-19 cases have risen, with 18 new cases emerging in the previous week.
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As vaccination rates increase and the rate of new COVID-19 cases decreases across California, the state has moved forward with sweeping reopening plans — impeded, however, by the rise in cases of the virus’s highly contagious delta variant.
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