Coronavirus News
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| The AP Interview: CDC chief says omicron mostly mild so far | More than 40 people in the U.S. have been found to be infected with the omicron variant so far, and more than three-quarters of them had been vaccinated, the chief of… |
2021-12-09 | |
| COVID infection rates climb in five Whatcom regions, including big growth in four regions | Five of Whatcom County’s seven school district regions saw their two-week COVID-19 infection rates climb last week, including triple-digit growth in three of the regions. The regions covered by the Ferndale, Mount Baker and Nooksack Valley school districts all saw their two-week average of new… |
2021-12-09 | |
| Pfizer says COVID booster offers protection against omicron | Pfizer said Wednesday that a booster of its COVID-19 vaccine may offer important protection against the new omicron variant even though the initial two doses appear significantly less effective. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said that while two doses may not be strong enough to prevent… |
2021-12-08 | |
| Whatcom may be seeing post-Thanksgiving COVID increase, as state reports 84 new cases | Whatcom County may be beginning to see the effects of the Thanksgiving holiday on its COVID-19 case counts, as the state reported 84 new confirmed cases in the county on Tuesday, Nov. 7. Whatcom County now has had 17,297 confirmed COVID cases in the pandemic, according to the Washington State… |
2021-12-08 | |
| Whatcom has 4th-highest weekly hospitalization rate of WA counties; records another death | Whatcom County saw one new COVID-related death and 144 news cases reported by the Washington State Department of Health’s COVID-19 Data Dashboard on Monday, Dec. 6, despite state data for new cases, deaths and hospitalizations being incomplete due to a technical issue. No other information about… |
2021-12-07 | |
| Bellingham mayor shares results of vaccination mandate for city workers | Bellingham lost 27 city employees because of COVID-19 vaccination mandates from Mayor Seth Fleetwood and Gov. Jay Inslee, according to data shared with city employees Monday, Dec. 6. Biggest losses were in the Public Works, Police and Fire departments, according to a chart attached to Fleetwood’… |
2021-12-07 | |
| Omicron spreads uncertainty about holiday travel and dampens recovery for airlines | Pam and Barry Van Dyck have been dreaming of leaving behind the snow in Grand Rapids, Mich., and going someplace warm and adventurous for their 50th wedding anniversary, "with zip-lining, snorkeling, rivers in caves, amphibious vehicles and waterslides," Pam Van Dyck says. Of course,… |
2021-12-06 | |
| Fauci says early reports encouraging about omicron variant | U.S. health officials said Sunday that while the omicron variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading throughout the country, early indications suggest it may be less dangerous than delta, which continues to drive a surge of hospitalizations. President Joe Biden’s chief medical… |
2021-12-06 | |
| Omicron-stricken South Africa may be glimpse into the future | Dr. Sikhulile Moyo was analyzing COVID-19 samples in his lab in Botswana last week when he noticed they looked startlingly different from others. Within days, the world … |
2021-12-03 | |
| Whatcom sees 2 deaths, bump in COVID vaccine boosters | Whatcom County saw 136 new COVID-19 cases and two related deaths reported in the last two days, according to the Washington State Department of Health’s COVID-19 Data Dashboard on Thursday, Dec. 2. The state had technical issues and did not report data Wednesday, Dec. 1. The deaths were the… |
2021-12-03 |