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| Inslee extends protections for 鈥榟igh-risk workers鈥 through Aug. 1 | Gov. Jay Inslee this week extended a proclamation that enables workers who face a higher risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19 to protect themselves 鈥渨ithout jeopardizing their employment status.鈥 The governor initially issued the proclamation on April 13 and it would hav |
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| CDC posts long-awaited tips for minimizing everyday risk | Take the stairs, not the elevator, down from your hotel room. Encourage people to bring their own food and drinks to your cookout. Use hand sanitizer after banking at an ATM. Call ahead to restaurants and nail salons to make sure staff are wearing face coverings. And no high-fives 鈥 or even鈥 |
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| Masks significantly reduce infection risk, likely preventing thousands of COVID-19 cases -study | Requiring the wearing of masks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus in areas at the epicenter of the global pandemic may have prevented tens of thousands of infections, a new study suggests. |
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| What does Phase 2 mean for social distancing and safe habits? | |||
| Whatcom County approved to move to coronavirus Safe Start Phase 2 | Whatcom County was approved in its request to advance to Phase 2 of Gov. Jay Inslee鈥檚 Safe Start plan for business reopening during the new coronavirus pandemic, it was announced Friday, June 5. Phase 2, which takes effect immediately, allows opening of many businesses that have been鈥 |
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| Which phase is your county in? And what can you do under the modified Phase 1 of Washington鈥檚 reopening? | Slowly but surely, Gov. Jay Inslee鈥檚 to reopen Washington has taken effect throughout the state.鈥 |
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| As Whatcom works to reopen, 110,000 masks going to businesses and people who need them | A total of 100,000 disposable face masks are in a warehouse, waiting to be distributed to Whatcom businesses that need them as the county moves to reopen from COVID-19 restrictions. Whatcom Unified Command, the multi-governmental agency overseeing the local pandemic response, bought鈥 |
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| Whatcom announces new coronavirus dashboard and stops releasing independent data | The Whatcom County Health Department apparently has stopped releasing coronavirus data that is independent from COVID-19 data the Washington State Department of Health is releasing for the county. The county health department in a press release Wednesday, June 1, announced that it has鈥 |
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| Inslee extends eviction moratorium in response to new coronavirus, issues guidance for library curbside pickup, drive-in theaters | With the economic slowdown from the new coronavirus moving into its fourth month, Gov. Jay Inslee extended his emergency order temporarily halting evictions and freezing new increases on residential rents. The extended order 鈥 which now runs through Aug. 1 鈥 also adds a variety of鈥 |
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| Here鈥檚 what Whatcom leaders, police are saying about racial injustice | Western Washington University President Sabah Randhawa, himself a Pakistani immigrant, discussed the 鈥渉eavy burden鈥 on every person of color in a statement Friday, May 30. 鈥淚 urge every member of our community to consider the ways systems of oppression and violence harm us and others,鈥 |