Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday announced he was activating California's National Guard to help with additional COVID-19 testing facilities and capacity as cases from the omicron variant continue to surge.
There are already 6,000 previously existing COVID testing sites throughout the State of California, the governor said. The plan allows for 200 Cal Guard members to be deployed to 50 Optum Serve sites throughout the state where they will serve in the interim as permanent staffing is hired. The Guard will help with crowd control and their presence will increase capacity for walk-up service. Video
provided by the governor's office, shows personnel setting up infrastructure near a ‘Bus Test Express’ mobile ‘MegaBus’ health center. The site has doubled the number of testing windows and appointments available per day, according to a press release from Newsom's office. much like the rest of the country
, as the most highly-contagious variant of the novel coronavirus yet, spreads. Still, Gov. Newsom considers the state's testing system to be "robust" and the "most extensive in the nation." The situation has kept public health officials on edge, worried that the
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