The first probable case of monkeypox infection was in a Santa Clara County resident who likely became infected during international travel, public health officials said.

Dr. Marty Fenstersheib, whose planned departure was announced at the June 22 Board of Supervisors, says he is making his “second attempt at retirement” this week.

After the 2020 Garlic Festival was cancelled, volunteers worked to reimagine Gilroy’s signature event with new public health protocols.

Kaiser and the county have played the blame game for months, each accusing the other of mishandling Covid testing and inoculation.

South Bay public health officials have also seen the number grow to 15 confirmed cases of another strain known as the UK variant.

Mixed messages, shortages and inequities have plagued California’s vaccine rollout, leaving small healthcare providers out of the loop.

The new variation was reported in Santa Clara and Alameda counties, health officials announced Wednesday.

County residents can visit sccfreevax.org to find updated information on who is eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine and where it is available.

According to Cal-OSHA, Kaiser’s San Jose Medical Center is one of the top pandemic-safety violators in the state.

The county has launched an investigation into the hospital’s handling of the superspreader event that infected at least 60 people and killed one.

The South Bay hospital outbreak comes amid a post-holiday season explosion in coronavirus cases throughout California.

Because Covid-19 can be found in stool, even from people without symptoms, researchers are testing wastewater to monitor the virus.

This delivery is the first of the initial 17,550 doses allocated to the county by the state, 230 of which will go to San Benito County.

On Tuesday, the county saw its highest single-day case count with 512 new Covid-19 infections, as well as a record number of hospitalizations.

Santa Clara County on Sunday reported 358 new diagnoses—a single-day case count second only to the record 385 tallied on July 15.

Santa Clara County Covid-19 Testing Officer Dr. Marty Fenstersheib said the county has been conducting 7,000 to 8,000 tests a day.