COVID-19: JWA Health Services; California Adventure; Health Equity; Case Rate

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Nov. 9, 10:40 AM

HEALTHCARE

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian announced it will open a clinic inside Orange County’s John Wayne Airport in the spring.

Ahead of the clinic opening, Hoag will offer flu vaccinations and screenings, nutrition and exercise tips and virtual reality mindfulness activities at JWA beginning today.

The Fly Well Clinic, an 850-square-foot facility, will offer Covid-19 testing, flu and other vaccinations, urgent care services, telehealth consults, vital screenings and more.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world’s travel habits, shining a spotlight brighter than ever on passengers’ health and travel safety,” Robert Braithwaite, chief executive of Hoag, said in a statement. “Hoag is proud to partner with John Wayne Airport to address the health care needs of the 10 million people who fly to or from the airport every year.”

—Jessie Yount

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Nov. 6, 1:10 PM

TOURISM/POLICY

California Adventure, one of two theme parks at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, announced it would open some stores and eateries inside the park on Nov. 19.

While the theme park itself will remain closed, the park will open access to Buena Vista Street just inside the park’s entrance as an expansion of the Downtown Disney shopping district.

Dining options to reopen include Cathay Circle Restaurant, which will open a new outdoor dining space; Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Café; Award Wieners; and Smokejumpers Grill.

The two theme parks have been shuttered since March and have yet to receive the green light to reopen, while Downtown Disney reopened in July.

The state most recently released new theme park reopening guidance last month, when it said large theme parks will not be able to begin reopening until the county enters into the final, fourth tier in the state’s COVID-19 monitoring system.

The least restrictive yellow tier requires less than 1 average daily cases per 100,000 residents and a positive testing rate of less than 2%.

Orange County currently has a case rate of 6 and positive testing rate of 3.6%, keeping it in the red tier for the eighth consecutive week.

—Katie Murar

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Nov. 5, 3:30 PM

HEALTHCARE

Santa Ana and Buena Park have been among the hardest hit Orange County neighborhoods by way of coronavirus metrics while South County neighborhoods continue to fare better, according to the county’s health equity metric.

California started monitoring disadvantaged communities within each state county last month as part of an addition to the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy.

This health equity metric is used along with the case rate and test positivity metric to determine a county’s tier.

According to a census tract,…