Pandemic Pushes Hospitals to Brink of Catastrophe

1,200 Medical Workers Deployed to Respond to Pandemic

The extra staff includes more than 800 contract workers, but those workers are from the same pool that a lot of hospitals around the state already pull from to get extra help.

Reporter: Marco Siler-Gonzales, KQED

Last week, stay at home orders were extended for another 3 weeks for the Greater Sacramento region, due to low ICU capacity and rising coronavirus numbers.

Reporter: Kate Wolffe, KQED

Companies are now requirement to notify employees within 24 hours if there's been a COVID-19 exposure in the workplace. In labor news, the minimum wage is now $14 dollars an hour for larger companies.

Guy Marzorati, KQED 

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