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Inslee announces additional COVID-19 financial support
Inslee announces cap on third-party delivery fees to help restaurants
Effecting (please read the full details linked above from the Governor’s Office):
- Long-term facilities
- Restaurants and bars
- In-store retail, grocery and personal services
- Religious services, weddings, funerals
- Fitness facilities and gyms
- Bowling alleys, museums, zoos, aquariums, and movie theaters will be closed for indoor services.
The religious and faith-based guidance is updated to:
- Clarify that physical distancing between non-household members must be 6 feet in all directions; and
- Permit brief physical contact among up to five individuals, excluding religious leaders, if the brief contact is a critical component to the organization’s religious service, so long as masks are worn and hands are sanitized immediately before and after the contact.
City of Kirkland opens playgrounds, September 21, 2020.
WA State: Where you can get tested:
You may make an appointment through your medical provider. If you need help finding a testing site near you, check with your local health department or district. You may also call 211 for more resources.
- Testing Site Online Resources by Health Jurisdiction (PDF)
- HHS List of Community-Based Test Sites
- HRSA Map of Community-Based Test Sites
Washington State Department of Health Testing for COVID-19.
Inslee announces education recommendations for 2020–2021 school year-The plan includes several different considerations for deciding whether or not to return to in-person learning, but no matter the county, when COVID-19 infection rates are high, the state strongly recommends school districts move to mostly online or remote learning.
Washington State Department of Health,
Public Health – Seattle & King County,
Institute for Disease Modeling: Today, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH), Public Health – Seattle & King County and Institute for Disease Modeling (IDM) released a new report that shows reopening schools without taking preventative measures may lead to a significant increase of COVID-19 in the population.
It is called Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). Children/youth who develop this will need to be hospitalized for treatment. Not all children who develop MIS-C will have had symptoms of COVID-19, and some may have had symptoms weeks earlier. To read in Amharic, Chinese-Traditional, Hindi, Khmer, Russian, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese, visit this page >.
Professional Sports & Other Sporting Activities Phase 2 and 3 COVID-19 Requirements
501 small businesses with 10 or fewer employees were awarded relief on Tuesday in the first round of Working Washington grants issued by the Department of Commerce.
The grants ranged from $566 to $10,000 and may be applied to rent, utilities, supplies, and other operating expenses. Recipients comprised restaurants, childcare centers, health care centers, manufacturers, salons, fitness centers, and other sectors affected by the pandemic….more
Guidance Sporting Activities in Phases 2 and 3: Professional Sporting Activities, and Phase 2 and 3 Recreational Sporting Activities
Washington State Parks announce limited opening for day use AND CAMPINGGov. Jay Inslee today announced the state’s plan for restarting religious and faith-based services for Phases 1 and 2 of Washington’s “Safe Start” reopening plan.
Inslee issues additional guidance for real estate operations in Phase 2 and….COVID-19 Requirements
COVID-19 Reopening Guidance for Businesses and Workers
Inslee issues additional guidance for fitness operations in Phase 2 and……Fitness & Training Restart COVID-19 Re-opening Requirements
Inslee issues additional guidance for pet grooming operations
Pet Grooming Industry COVID-19 Requirements
Medical and Dental Elective Procedures to Resume
Inslee Guidance Resuming Personal Service
Phase 2 Personal Services COVID-19 Requirements
Phase 2 Restaurant/Tavern Reopening COVID-19 Requirements
Latest data shows the COVID-19 transmission rate could be rising across King County and the rest of western Washington after previous indications the transmission rate had fallen below a critical threshold.Inslee announces three Safe Start advisory groups
Phase 1 and Phase 2 Outdoor Recreation Guidance
Inslee issues additional guidance for golf In Phase 2
- Memo: Golf Phase 1 Clarifications and Phase 2 Requirements
- Phase 1 Golf Restart Clarifications to COVID-19 Requirements and Recommendations
- Phase 2 Golf Restart COVID-19 Requirements and Recommendations
Washington State: issues guidance to clarify limits on elective surgeries.
Washington State Easing of Certain COVID-19 social distancing restrictions.
Kirkland Parks and Community Services April 15 update
Inslee, leading nonprofits launch fund for state’s food banks as supply levels drop
Inslee extends school closures for the rest of the 2019-20 school year
Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Use of Cloth Face Coverings; Instructions on How To Make A Cloth Face Covering; Questions and Answers
Public Health King County: Need for blood donations.
King County Metro Services > Changes to Eastside Bus Services
Metro Will Temporarily Reduce Services from Monday, March 23, 2020
Washington counties now eligible for disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
- Cover testing (including any lab fees) and the related visit for COVID-19 without copays or deductibles.
- Suspend any prior authorization requirement for treatment or testing of COVID-19.
- Allow enrollees to be treated by another provider within a reasonable distance at no additional cost if there are not enough in-network providers.
WA Department of Health (DOH): Eligible donors urged to continue to give blood amid COVID-19 concerns. IMPORTANT from the CDC: Arrivals from countries with widespread sustained transmission arriving in the United States.
WA DOH: Symptoms and Testing, Resources and Recommendations. DOH: 1-800-525-0127
King County Library System has closed all libraries until April 13, or further notice
EvergreenHealth “Coronavirus Resources and Information”
Overlake Medical Center and Clinics “Advisory about COVID-19”
Seattle and King County “Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)”
Washington counties now eligible for disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration
Washington State Department of Health “2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak (DOVID-19)”
World Health Organization (WHO) Answers “Your Questions about COVID-19”
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