Coronavirus News
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| One Whatcom region sees COVID rate drop to lowest mark any region has seen since September | For the first time since mid-September, one of Whatcom County’s seven school district regions has a two-week COVID-19 infection rate lower than 200 cases per 100,000 residents. The region covered by Bellingham Public Schools had its infection rate dip below 200, according to the Whatcom County… |
2021-12-02 | |
| Whatcom County Jail dealing with COVID-19 outbreak among inmates, staff | The Whatcom County Jail in downtown Bellingham has been dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak since last week that has sickened more than a dozen people, according to Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office Chief of Corrections Wendy Jones. On Tuesday, Nov. 23, jail staff were alerted that a person… |
2021-12-02 | |
| Biden launching winter COVID-19 booster, testing campaign | President Joe Biden is set to kick off a more urgent campaign for Americans to get COVID-19 booster shots Thursday as he unveils his winter plans for combating the coronavirus and its omicron variant with enhanced availability of shots and vaccines but without major new restrictions. The… |
2021-12-02 | |
| ‘The fire that’s here’: US is still battling delta variant | While all eyes are on the new and little-understood omicron variant, the delta form of the coronavirus isn’t finished wreaking havoc in the U.S., sending record numbers of patients to the hospital in some states, especially in the Midwest and New England. “Omicron is a spark that’s on… |
2021-12-02 | |
| Planning to go to CBC or another WA college? Might as well get your COVID shot now | Tri-City high school seniors planning to go to college next year should take note: You must be vaccinated against COVID-19 if you want to attend class in-person at just about every college and university in Washington state. So if going to college is part of your future plans, why wait to get… |
2021-12-01 | |
| Mysteries of omicron variant could take weeks to untangle | A pandemic-weary world faces weeks of confusing uncertainty as countries restrict travel and take other steps to halt the newest potentially risky coronavirus mutant before anyone knows just how dangerous omicron really is. Will it spread even faster than the already extra-contagious… |
2021-12-01 | |
| US reports 1st case of omicron variant in returning traveler | The U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of the omicron variant Wednesday — a person in California who had been to South Africa — as scientists around the world raced to establish whether the new, mutant version of the coronavirus is more dangerous than previous ones. Dr. Anthony Fauci… |
2021-12-01 | |
| Whatcom’s COVID-related hospitalization rate creeps up, as 15 more residents hospitalized | Whatcom County had 15 new COVID-related hospitalizations reported by the state on Tuesday, as its weekly hospitalization rate crept back into double digits. Whatcom County now has had 940 residents hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms, according to the Washington State Department of Health’s… |
2021-12-01 | |
| Whatcom sees 215 COVID cases and a death over holiday weekend, passes 300K vaccine doses | Whatcom County saw 215 new COVID-19 cases and a death reported over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, but the county also surpassed 300,000 vaccination doses administered. The death was the 175th related to COVID-19 during the pandemic, according to the Washington State Department of Health’s… |
2021-11-30 | |
| Omicron variant may have reached Europe earlier than thought | conomic powerhouses Japan and France reported their first cases of the omicron variant Tuesday, while new findings indicate the mutant coronavirus was already in Europe close to a week before South Africa sounded the alarm. The Netherlands’ RIVM health institute disclosed that patient… |
2021-11-30 |