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OC Health Care Agency Partners with John Wayne Airport to Bring COVID-19 Tests to Travelers
(Santa Ana, CA) – To lessen the spread of COVID-19 during the holiday travel season, the OC Health Care Agency (HCA) and John Wayne Airport (JWA) are pleased to announce that beginning Wednesday, December 8, no-cost, self-collection COVID-19 testing kits will be distributed to travelers at JWA...
County Health Officer on Local Oil Spill - Health Advisory #5
(Santa Ana, CA) – In response to the reopening of fisheries by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife on November 30, OC Health Care Agency (HCA) Director and County Health Officer Dr. Clayton Chau has lifted the health advisory against consuming harvested fish or seafood from affected...
OC Health Care Agency Urges Vaccination, Testing and Prevention in Response to Emergence of New Omicron Variant
(Santa Ana, CA) – On November 26, the World Health Organization declared a new COVID-19 strain, B.1.1.529, as a variant of concern (VOC) named Omicron based on early evidence that it has several mutations that can impact how it is transmitted. Generally, if a variant is thought to be more contagious...