[Brief] Thompson to host town hall on surging COVID-19 cases

JohnGlidden.com staff report | Nov. 18, 2020

NAPA – Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, will be joined by health professionals on Thursday to discuss the increase in Coronavirus case rate, Thompson’s office announced this week.

The virtual forum will be held from 7 to 8 p.m.

George Rutherford, MD, professor of epidemiology & biostatistics at University of California, San Francisco and Dr. Karen Relucio, deputy director of Napa County Health & Human Services-Public Health Officer, will join Thompson.

This event will be held over Zoom and interested participants must email Thompson’s office, thompson.townhall@mail.house.gov, in order to join, as the platform has a capacity of 500 people. Interested participants will be notified via email with instructions on how to join.

The event will also be streamed on Facebook Live via Thompson’s page, www.facebook.com/RepMikeThompson/.

Thompson represents California’s Fifth Congressional District, which includes the cities of Vallejo and Benicia in Solano County, all of Napa County, and parts of Contra Costa, Lake, and Sonoma counties.

Published by John Glidden

John Glidden is a freelance journalist reporting on the city of Vallejo. The native Vallejoan also covers the local school district, Vallejo elections, and public safety.

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