California COVID-19 News (April 19, 2021) CA Health and Government COVID-19 Guidance: Week in Review April 19, 2021 Subscribe Office of the Governor Governor Newsom Signs Legislation Supporting Workers Displaced by the COVID-19 Pandemic (04/16/2021) Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill No. 93, which requires employers in the hospitality and business services industries to offer new positions to qualified former employees laid off due to COVID-19 within five business days of establishing a position, through 2024. As Vaccine Eligibility Expands Statewide, California Partners with Nearly 200 Places of Worship to Ramp Up Equity-Centered Outreach (04/16/2021) California is partnering with 200 faith-based organizations to expand the state’s vaccine outreach and equity efforts. 25,000 COVID-19 vaccines will be provided to pop-up locations at faith-based organizations in the hardest-hit areas of the state. To date, more than 38,000 doses have been administered to places of worship, and 13 pop-up clinics have operated at places of worship. Pop-up clinics have received funding through the Together Toward Health initiative, a $29.4 million public-private partnership with Public Health Institute. All Californians 16+ Now Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccines (04/15/2021) Nearly half of all residents 16 and older have already received at least one dose, including 73.9% of seniors aged 65 and over. Employment Development Department California unemployment rate decreases to 8.3% in March (04/19/2021) California’s employers gained 119,600 jobs, decreasing the unemployment rate 0.2 percentage points to 8.3%. California has regained 44% of the 714,800 total nonfarm jobs lost in March and April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. × Newsletters Subscription Country * United States Canada Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d’Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong S.A.R., China Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao S.A.R., China Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestinian Territory Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu U.S. Virgin Islands Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Minor Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican Venezuela Viet Nam Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Subscribe