Public Health – Seattle & King County fully supports the decision by many healthcare organizations in our region to require masking in their facilities to decrease the ongoing risk of COVID-19.
Thousands of people who have Apple Health insurance risk losing coverage in coming months. Public Health and its partners in the community are helping them take action in time.
Dr. Eric Chow, Chief of Communicable Disease Epidemiology for Public Health – Seattle & King County, held a media briefing on March 8, 2023, to share information and take questions about where we are in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Compared to earlier in the pandemic, we’re in a much better place with COVID-19, but it hasn’t gone away. We asked our Health Officer, Dr. Jeff Duchin, to share his thoughts on COVID-19 cases, vaccination, masking, and outlook in King County.
An update to Public Health’s COVID-19 Race and Ethnicity dashboard makes the data easier to read and understand, and addresses important questions around racial and ethnic health disparities.