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Indoor events bring virus outbreak in Republic, Washington
May 1, 2021
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REPUBLIC, Wash. (AP) About 10% of the population of Republic, a small city in north-central Washington, has tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak traced to large indoor events last month at the local Fraternal Order of Eagles hall.
Ferry County Memorial Hospital officials have confirmed more than 100 cases, with one reported death, since the April 9-11 events, including a membership drive that featured dinner, live music and a 1980s-themed karaoke night. Some patients have had to be transferred to Wenatchee and Yakima because of a lack of capacity at the 25-bed hospital the only hospital in a 50-mile radius and other closer facilities.
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SPR s Doug Nadvornick reports.
It’s the third week of Covid vaccinations in Washington. Hospitals and other health care facilities are making varying degrees of progress.
In Republic, local hospital officials expect to begin administering second doses of the two-dose regimen this week, perhaps as early as Wednesday.
Ferry County Hospital CEO Aaron Edwards is proud of what his employees have been able to accomplish in terms of inoculating people during the last few weeks.
“We purchased two small tiny homes, one for a testing trailer and one for a vaccination trailer so we didn’t bring folks into our facility as much as possible to protect our long-term care residents that live here, he said.
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