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Inslee puts pause on termination of city-county health departments

Inslee puts pause on termination of city-county health departments He calls politics in public health ‘reckless, dangerous’ By Laurel Demkovich, The Spokesman-Review Published: December 16, 2020, 7:51pm Share: Gov. Jay Inslee issued a proclamation Monday halting the termination of a city-county health department or the withdrawal from a health district until the COVID-19 state of emergency is over, as local public health districts face continued politicization. The proclamation came a day before a Pierce County Council vote to break its county-city health department agreement. The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has received attention the past few weeks after councilmembers proposed breaking a decadeslong agreement between Tacoma and Pierce County to share a health department.

Washington is bending the curve of COVID-19 cases, health officials say

Washington is bending the curve of COVID-19 cases, health officials say Health officials are optimistic about recent coronavirus data that shows the state is starting to bend the curve of new cases. Author: Allison Sundell Updated: 1:24 PM PST December 16, 2020 SEATTLE Washington appears to have avoided a post-Thanksgiving surge in new coronavirus cases and is on track to flatten the curve once again, according to Washington health officials. “We’re in sort of a precarious position right now,” State Health Officer Kathy Lofy said during a Wednesday briefing. “We’re seeing positive signals in the changes people have made to their lives … but we are not done yet.”

Not out of the woods yet : COVID-19 activity in Washington remains high, but seeing positive trends

Not out of the woods yet : COVID-19 activity in Washington remains high, but seeing positive trends Sign In FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 Not out of the woods yet : COVID-19 activity in Washington remains high, but seeing positive trendsVALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less 2of5 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - MARCH 13: Nurses wearing protective clothing handle a vial containing a potentially infected coronavirus swab at a drive-through testing center at the University of Washington Medical campus on March 13, 2020 in Seattle, Washington.John Moore/Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less 3of5 4of5 SEATTLE, WA - MAY 07: Nurse Mackenzie Gray administers care to a patient in the acute care COVID unit at Harborview Medical Center on May 7, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. Today there are 25 patients at Harborview Medical Center, 10 of whom are on this floor. Currently in the UW Medicine System, 66 patients testing positive for COVID-19 are receiving care, around half of what it was at its

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