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Imperial County residents start petition urging county to not open

June 11, 2020 12:20 PM

Published June 11, 2020 12:18 PM

El CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - Residents of Imperial County start a petition to keep the county closed.

The petition cites we call for resources—including expanded unemployment and economic relief, sufficient testing, contact tracing, public health education, and relief awareness, and PPE for healthcare providers—to lower the rate of infections and deaths in Imperial County before reopening.

Imperial County currently has the highest rate of infection Per Capita in the whole state sitting at a rate of 21.7 percent.

As of Thursday, Imperial County has 3,405 confirmed cases and 43 deaths.

Tune in to News 11 at 5 p.m. as Gianella Ghiglino speaks to Imperial County residents on why stay-at-home orders should be extended.

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Gianella Ghiglino

Peruvian-born and LA raised Gianella Ghiglino joins the team from the San Fernando valley. “LA is the place that taught me how to breath and Peru is my breath.” She says she was inspired by the community she grew up in and began documenting her experience through poetry at the age of 7. “I wrote about everything I saw, felt and everything that inspired me.” When she entered High School she joined her school news station and realized that broadcast journalism allowed her to pursue her passion and her purpose all at once. Gianella attended Cal State Northridge and received a Bachelors degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Spanish Broadcast Journalism, and Political Science. She did several internships while in College but most notably interned for PBS’s local LA station for three years. “My purpose is to share my story and of those in my community, my passion is writing.”

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