DATE:
February 8, 2022
16
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
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RECEIVE UPDATE ON THE COVID-19 RESPONSE, RATIFY ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE LOCAL HEALTH EMERGENCY AND LOCAL EMERGENCY, AMEND CONTRACTS RELATED TO THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO'S COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE, AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TELECONFERENCED PUBLIC MEETINGS (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
A novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province in China in December 2019. Since then, the virus has rapidly spread across the globe, resulting in the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020.
On February 14, 2020, the San Diego County Public Health Officer issued a Declaration of Local Health Emergency, pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 101080. Additionally, on that day, pursuant to California Government Code 8630, the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), serving as the County of San Diego (County) Director of Emergency Services and as the Coordinator of the Unified San Diego County Emergency Services Organization, issued a Proclamation of Local Emergency regarding COVID-19.
The County continues to make significant efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. Today's actions request the San Diego County Board of Supervisors (Board) to receive an update on the local COVID-19 response and ratify all actions taken by the CAO, Public Health Officer, Director, Department of Purchasing and Contracting and Director, Department of General Services in response to the local health emergency and local emergency.
Additionally, the Board is requested to take the following actions:
* Authorize an amendment to the contract with Illumina, Inc. for additional consumables and supplies for molecular sequencing.
* Authorize an amendment to the contract with Helix Opco, LLC for laboratory testing.
* Authorize an amendment to the contract with Mobile Xpress Clinics for specimen collection services.
* Authorize an amendment to the...
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