As most of California begins a second shutdown over the coronavirus outbreak, no place has been hit as hard as Imperial County.
“It’s no secret that prior to this pandemic the county was in dire need for resources. COVID-19 just came along to aggravate its situation.”Manuel Espinoso, 65, waits for a job while sitting outside a doughnut shop on Pauline Avenue in Calexico.
“There wasn’t much I could do,” Espinoso said. “I worry more now about my other two daughters, and my wife. ... I don’t want to infect her.” Kim had to lay off about 12 employees. He lost about $5,000 in April when he couldn’t open and sell Easter merchandise, which now sits in storage. But bad business or not, he still has to pay about $8,000 a month in rent.Amelia Gurrero stands in line for more than an hour to use a Bank of America ATM in Calexico.
Bordered by Arizona to the east, Riverside County to the north, San Diego to the west and Mexico to the south, Imperial County is besieged by agricultural burning, toxic dust from the Salton Sea and fumes from the dozens of factories operating in Mexico.Emmanuel Vazquez, right, makes sure everyone entering a private service agency in Calexico is wearing a mask and that their hands are sanitized.
“It used to be that your spouse went into the hospital and you could go visit. Now, all of that is gone.”Tents have been erected at El Centro Regional Medical Center to serve coronavirus patients. Saunders had already seen COVID-19’s ability to separate families; one man had family scattered in hospitals across California. Even hospital staff had been away from their own families.
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