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| Whatcom applies for Phase 2 reopening under the coronavirus Safe Start plan | Whatcom County is asking for permission to advance to Phase 2 under Gov. Jay Inslee鈥檚 Safe Start plan to ease business closures and social-distancing requirements aimed at fighting the new coronavirus pandemic. Members of the Whatcom County Council, acting as the county Health Board,鈥 |
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| Minorities continue to see a disproportionate impact of COVID-19 in Whatcom County | Minorities continue to see a disproportionate impact of the new coronavirus in Whatcom County, according to detailed numbers released weekly on Sundays by the health department. Hispanics now represent 18% of the confirmed COVID-19 cases in the county, though 9% of the county identifies鈥 |
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| 鈥榃e were disappointed it wasn鈥檛 today鈥 鈥 Whatcom does not file for Phase 2 on Monday | Whatcom County was not able to file to move to Phase 2 of Washington state鈥檚 re-opening plan on Monday, June 1, after new benchmarks were announced Friday, the Whatcom County Health Department announced. Though the county planned to file, health department director Erika Lautenbach said鈥 |
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| Washington鈥檚 DACA recipients on the coronavirus front line await Supreme Court ruling | Andrea Mu帽oz Vargas says her immigration status is the last thing on her mind during 12-hour night shifts in a Wenatchee hospital鈥檚 intensive care unit, where she works as a nurse caring for coronavirus patients. 鈥淚 just need to stay focused.鈥 COVID-19 is so new that doctors need every鈥 |
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| Large-scale survey of Seattle-area kids shows 1% had antibodies to the coronavirus | About 1% of kids who visited a Seattle hospital in April had been infected with the novel coronavirus, according to the first large-scale survey for antibodies in children. The study also found most of the youngsters developed a robust immune response, an encouraging sign for a future vaccine.鈥 |
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| As the class of 2020 graduates into the coronavirus pandemic, Seattle millennials share how they rebounded from the Great Recession | In the summer of 2009, after , I sat in the audience at Town Hall at the only wake I have ever attended for a鈥 |
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| Study finds most Canadians hoping U.S. border closure extends through the summer | The has found that Canadians comprise approximately 75% of cross-border travelers to and from Whatcom County, depending on the exchange rate, according to鈥 |
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| Hospital is ready for Phase 2, but Whatcom County must take other coronavirus steps | Even though of Washington 鈥 |
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| Here鈥檚 what鈥檚 keeping Whatcom County from moving to Phase 2 of coronavirus鈥 Safe Start | Whatcom County officials are unsure when they will be allowed to advance to Phase 2 of Gov. Jay Inslee鈥檚 Safe Start plan to reopen businesses closed because of the new coronavirus pandemic. Under Inslee鈥檚 plan, counties must show that COVID-19 is spreading more slowly before social鈥 |
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| State colleges and universities are girding for a tough financial future after the coronavirus pandemic | Washington鈥檚 public colleges and universities are bracing for a money crisis this fall that is likely to decimate higher education budgets. Not only will schools likely lose some students 鈥 and the tuition money that comes with them 鈥 but the state is expected to slash funding, since鈥 |