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.
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.