The last coronavirus briefing before Christmas included good news, but officials say staying the course will be vital beyond the holidays.
Christmas is going to look a lot different during the pandemic for many Washingtonians.
In addition to mandatory quarantines for certain travelers, Washington health officials are working on a program to help test flight crews.
Those who return from either country must complete a 14-day quarantine to help prevent the spread of a mutated coronavirus strain.
The Department of Labor & Industries says it's one of the largest workplace safety fines in state history.
After being approved by the FDA late Friday, Moderna has begun shipping around 5.9 million doses of the vaccine across the country.
A second vaccine is approved, and Washington appears to be making progress in flattening the curve a third time. Catch up on the latest.
"Although the rise in reported cases has slowed over the past two weeks, our situation remains truly hazardous," Dr. Jeff Duchin said.
Daily coronavirus cases remain very high, but Washington appears to have flattened the curve of transmissions.
A wave of infections inside Washington's prisons and work release programs has rekindled a push for better inmate protections.
"I feel excited, and for the first time in a while, I feel hope that there is an end coming to this," said Amy Fry, a Harborview nurse.
The University of Washington School of Medicine will vaccinate a group of frontline health care workers Tuesday morning.
Thousands of doses of the nation's first authorized coronavirus vaccine are headed to Washington, officials said Sunday.
The first coronavirus vaccine is cleared for emergency use, but the public health crisis won't be solved overnight. Catch up on the latest.
While the county appears to have dodged a post-Thanksgiving surge, the third wave in illness has proven persistent.
The federal government has promised to send more doses by the end of December than initially expected, state officials said Wednesday.
The state Department of Health reported nearly 7,000 new cases Monday after clearing a weekend backlog, but up to 1,800 may be duplicates.
Washington's latest round of pandemic restrictions have been extended to the new year. They had been set to expire Dec. 14
This week Washington logged more than 16,000 new COVID-19 cases. That's 2,000 fewer than the week before, but there's still work to be done.
That's good news, the DOH says, because the more users who sign up, the more effective the exposure-tracking software becomes.
"It's possible that we're in the eye of the hurricane right now...I hope not, but that's a distinct possibility," Dr. Jeff Duchin said.
While the DOH still recommends a 14-day quarantine, the guidelines will allow for some situations that cut quarantine short.
More than 250,000 doses of the vaccine should arrive by the end of the month, as hospitalizations reach record levels across the state.
The governor held a news conference to discuss several issues, including vaccine development and a new program to track COVID-19 exposures.
The voluntary app uses Bluetooth to keep track of potential contacts with infected people and notifies users if they may have been exposed.
Daily case counts remain high, and health officials hope they won't grow even higher because of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Social behaviors over the long holiday weekend could prove pivotal for Washington's effort to tamp down the spread of COVID-19.
Health officials Wednesday shared some major concerns heading into Thanksgiving, including that hospitalizations have doubled since Nov. 1.
​​Of all the people who died of the 1918–1919 flu in Seattle, more than half died after the holiday season.
A tool developed by researchers from several universities lets you see your risk of being exposed to the coronavirus indoors.
Hospitals are filling up, and health officials say they cannot afford the spike in infections that typically follows holidays.
Between Nov. 14 - 20, the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients grew by 200+. Now, hospitals are debating how to handle the influx.
Many have been taking the test before the holidays, but the DOH says to steer clear unless you're already showing COVID-19 symptoms.
Here's how Washington Patch readers say their Thanksgiving plans have changed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Washington logged more than 14,000 lab-confirmed coronavirus infections this week, amid a record-breaking fall surge in COVID-19 cases.
Seattle will open two walk-up kiosks in December that will allow visitors to test themselves for free and get results in 48 hours or less.
With the holidays on the horizon, daily case counts in King County are 7.5 times higher than they were just two months ago, officials said.
If the state's current trajectory continues, Washington could see 150 daily hospitalizations within a few weeks, officials said Wednesday.
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A judge has awarded $10 million to the family of a child who was born after a nurse gave the mother a flu shot instead of birth-control.