COVID-19

UC Santa Barbara's multifaceted COVID-19 testing operation is a study in collaboration

Sheriff’s Office Custody staff and their Wellpath healthcare partners have identified six inmates in the Northern Branch Jail who have tested positive for COVID-19

[Update]: The Sheriff’s Office Main Jail has identified 28 additional COVID cases related to the outbreak that began on December 8th.

Modeling studies and UCSB’s success in fending off classroom transmission of COVID prompt expectations of a safe return to campus

Test Kit Distribution Through Community Partners Beginning Soon

Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order 4 free at-⁠home COVID-⁠19 tests from the federal government.

UCSB Arts & Lectures announces a change to its COVID-19 policies for patrons for all public events beginning February 4, requiring proof of COVID-19 booster shots for all eligible patrons.

UC Santa Barbara partners with the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department to offer boosters to students, Isla Vista and local residents.

The Santa Barbara County Education Office announced at-home COVID-19 test kits arrived for distribution to TK-12 public schools across the county.

UCSB graduate student Zach Aralis developed a rapid test for the COVID-19 Omicron variant.

The COVID-19 PCR testing trailer in Santa Barbara (267 Camino del Remedio) will be open 7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. every Wednesday through Sunday, from January 8-22

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is no longer allowing visitors due to the increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations.

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department has updated its COVID-19 isolation and quarantine guidance to align with new guidance from the California Department of Public Health.

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department has extended the Health Officer Order which requires the use of masks in indoor public settings.

Santa Barbara County Public Health Department has received confirmation of the first four cases of COVID-19 related to the Omicron variant (B.1.1.529).

The California Department of Public Health now requires masking for all public indoor settings to slow the spread of COVID-19 in response to increasing case rates and hospitalizations.

The California Department of Public Health issued a joint statement on the western states recommendation of expanded Pfizer- BioNTech booster eligibility for 16- and 17-year-olds.

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department has extended the Health Officer Order which requires the use of masks in indoor public settings through January.

Tips for Protecting Yourself and Others this Holiday Season

[Update]: The Sheriff's Office reports the COVID-19 outbreak at the main county jail has been cleared.

In order to expand capacity to give COVID-19 vaccines to patients ages 5 to 11, Sansum Clinic held an all-day, first-come-first-served, by-appointment clinic on Wednesday.

A new outbreak of COVID-positive inmates is being managed at the Santa Barbara County Main Jail. 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently granted Emergency Use Authorizations for Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 booster doses.

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department has extended a Health Officer Order which requires the use of masks in indoor public settings.

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Authorized for Emergency Use

The Public Health Department urges residents to be safe while celebrating Halloween this weekend.

The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for Emergency Use in children 5 through 11 years of age.

On Thursday the CDC endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ recommendation for a booster shot of COVID-19 vaccines in certain populations.

The Sheriff's Department reports all of the COVID-19 cases in the Main Jail outbreak have been cleared. 

The number of active COVID-19 cases in the Main Jail outbreak is down to three as of Friday.