Video & transcript: COVID-19 media briefing

October 13, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

King County Health Officer Dr. Jeff Duchin held a media briefing on October 13, 2022, to share information and take questions about COVID-19, updated boosters for adults and children, and the local monkeypox outbreak.

Video & Transcript: Media Briefing on New COVID-19 Booster and Monkeypox Outbreak

September 7, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Photo of Dr. Duchin speaking into a microphone

King County Health Officer Dr. Jeff Duchin held a media briefing on September 6, 2022, to share information and take questions about the new COVID-19 booster, as well as the local monkeypox outbreak.

Video & Transcript: Media Briefing on Monkeypox and COVID-19

August 10, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

King County Health Officer Dr. Jeff Duchin held a media briefing on August 9, 2022, to share information about local outbreaks of monkeypox and COVID-19.

Video & Transcript: Media Briefing on Presumptive Monkeypox Case

May 24, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

King County Health Officer Dr. Jeff Duchin held a media briefing on May 23, 2022, to share information about a presumptive case of monkeypox in King County and answer reporters’ questions. A transcript of the briefing is now available, and the video of the briefing is below. Originally published May 24, 2022.

Video & Transcript: COVID Media Briefing with King County’s Health Officer

April 26, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

King County Health Officer Dr. Jeff Duchin held a public briefing on April 25, 2022, answering questions from the news media and members of the community.

COVID-19 Case Rates & BA.2: A Q&A With Our Health Officer, Dr. Jeff Duchin

April 6, 2022.Reading time 12 minutes.

In recent weeks, we’ve heard a lot about fluctuating COVID-19 case rates in other cities and countries, and the spread of the BA.2 variant. We sat down for a Q&A with King County’s Health Officer, Dr. Jeff Duchin, to get a better sense of what we’re seeing in King County.