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Information about the new mask guidelines, or lack thereof By washingtonbeerblog on May 14, 2021 at 1:45 PM
Imagine a day when that silly image above is totally irrelevant. A day when we don’t have to worry about or talk about all of this mask stuff anymore. Lordy, I am so looking forward to that day.
“I do kind of wish it was still black and white,” one Seattle brewery owner told me this morning. “I’m glad we’re moving forward but I can see this being messy.”
He was talking about the announcement that Washington will fully adopt masking guidance recently issued by the CDC. That is, fully vaccinated individuals are no longer required to wear masks in most indoor and outdoor settings. Though individuals are not required to wear masks, a business is not forbidden from maintaining its own mask policy.
COVID-19 outbreak temporarily closes Vancouver call center
Published: May 14, 2021, 8:51pm
Share: Wuhan, China - East Asia, Corona virus, Pneumonia
Public Health authorities said the Spectrum Communications call center in Vancouver has been temporarily closed due to a COVID-19 outbreak that has resulted in 29 confirmed and two possible cases at the business.
Public Health spokeswoman Marissa Armstrong said in an email late Friday that the first case was reported in mid-April, with the most recent case reported Friday.
The business was closed effective Wednesday and will undergo a deep cleaning, according to Armstrong. She said the business will also consult with Labor & Industries prior to reopening.
People who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Washington state will no longer be required to wear face masks in most indoor and outdoor settings. Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday the state is adopting the updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which states that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks unless they're in crowded indoor settings like schools, buses, planes, hospitals, prisons.
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Gov. Jay Inslee Thursday announced that the state is moving toward a statewide June 30 reopening date and that all counties in Washington will move to Phase 3 of the Healthy WA: Roadmap to Recovery reopening plan effective May 18 until June 30.
The announcement comes after the governor paused phase movement for two weeks to review an emerging flattening trend in statewide COVID-19 data. As of Thursday, the plateau observed in COVID-19 activity has become a decline.
“What we know now gives us the confidence to close this chapter in this pandemic and begin another,” Inslee said at a press conference Thursday. “This next part of our fight to save lives in Washington will focus on increasing vaccination rates and continuing to monitor variants of concern as we move toward reopening our state.”