Third Year Anniversary of Con Confianza y En Comunidad!

May 16, 2023.Reading time 10 minutes.

Con Confianza y En Comunidad celebrates their 3rd year anniversary: Learn more about how the Latinx Community Response Team responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and how they’ve evolved to serve the needs of Latinos throughout King County.

We’ve updated our COVID-19 vaccination outcomes data

May 10, 2023.Reading time 13 minutes.

Una persona en un vehículo, con una máscara, levanta el pulgar. Una persona con bata quirúrgica y guantes le da una vacuna.

We’ve updated our COVID-19 data dashboards. Our goal is to make it easier for people to find and understand the current data on Outcomes by Vaccination Status.

The Federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Declaration ends May 11, 2023. What does this mean for you?

May 8, 2023.Reading time 10 minutes.

When the COVID-19 pandemic first began here in the US, the federal government put in place special emergency declarations that allowed them to rapidly respond to the spread of COVID-19 as well as addressing financial barriers to COVID-19-related care. On May 11, 2023, the Federal Public Health Emergency Declaration ends, which means there will be changes to how some people receive COVID-19-related care, like testing, treatment, and vaccines.

Joint statement on regional healthcare facilities’ masking requirement

March 24, 2023.Reading time 7 minutes.

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.

Video & transcript: COVID-19 media briefing

March 9, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

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.

Where we’re at with COVID-19: A conversation with Dr. Jeff Duchin

March 3, 2023.Reading time 16 minutes.

Four adults, ages ranging from 30s to 70s, rolling up their sleeves to show band aids from where they got vaccinated.

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.