Coronavirus News
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| Here’s what you need to know about King County’s vaccine or test requirement | Don’t leave home without it. Starting Oct. 25, proof of vaccination or a negative test for COVID-19 will be required to enter any restaurant, bar, gym, theater or entertainment venue in King County. Citing a high number of hospitalizations and deaths because of the contagious… |
2021-09-17 | |
| King County to require vaccine or test for events, eateries | Seattle and King County officials said Thursday that proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test will be required to enter certain establishments and attend outdoor events. Public Health – Seattle & King County Health Officer Dr. Jeff Duchin issued the order, which will go into effect… |
2021-09-17 | |
| Overwhelmed With COVID Patients, Oregon Hospitals Postpone Surgeries And Cancer Care | It's a bad time to get sick in Oregon. That's what many doctors are telling their patients and the public as hospitals full of COVID-19… |
2021-09-16 | |
| Whatcom sees 51 new confirmed COVID cases Wednesday, as schools report more incidents | Whatcom County had 51 new confirmed COVID-19 cases reported by the Washington State Department of Health’s COVID-19 Data Dashboard on Wednesday, Sept. 15. The county has now seen 12,671 confirmed cases during the pandemic, according to the state data. An additional 920 probable cases — resulting… |
2021-09-16 | |
| Whatcom COVID update: ‘Too early’ to say county reaching a peak, as another death reported | Even though growth on Whatcom County’s COVID-19 epidemiological case curve appears to be slowing, health officials say it’s “too early to say that Whatcom has reached the peak of the current surge.” “Counties in our region such as King and Snohomish appear to be leveling off, but historically… |
2021-09-15 | |
| A Pfizer Analysis Makes The Case For A COVID Vaccine Booster | The Food and Drug Administration released an analysis by Pfizer on the need for a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Pfizer's analysis says data from Israel and the United States in the context of the… |
2021-09-15 | |
| Largest colleges push student vaccines with mandates, prizes | As a new semester begins amid a resurgence of the coronavirus, 26 of the 50 largest public university campuses in the U.S. are not mandating that students be vaccinated, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. … |
2021-09-15 | |
| Most states have cut back public health powers amid pandemic | Republican legislators in more than half of U.S. states, spurred on by voters angry about lockdowns and mask mandates, are taking away the powers that state and local officials use to protect the public against infectious diseases. A Kaiser Health News review of hundreds of pieces of… |
2021-09-15 | |
| Alaska emergency room patients wait hours in their cars as hospital rations care | Alaska’s largest hospital announced Tuesday that a relentless coronavirus outbreak driven by the highly contagious delta virus variant has left emergency room patients waiting hours in their vehicles and forced medical teams to ration care. Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage… |
2021-09-15 | |
| Whatcom COVID update: County sees 242 cases, 12 hospitalizations and 4 deaths over weekend | Whatcom County continued to feel the impacts of its fifth surge during the COVID-19 pandemic, as the state reported 242 new confirmed cases, 12 COVID-related hospitalizations and four deaths linked to coronavirus over the weekend. The county now has seen 12,552 confirmed cases, 656 related… |
2021-09-14 |