A year after COVID-19 superspreader, family finds closure
Last year a choir practice in Washington sickened 53 people and killed two, becoming one of the first known COVID-19 superspreader events in the US. Author: MANUEL VALDES Associated Press Published: 9:30 AM CDT April 9, 2021 Updated: 9:30 AM CDT April 9, 2021
SEATTLE With dish soap, brushes and plastic water jugs in hand, Carole Rae Woodmansee’s four children cleaned the gravestone their mother shares with their father, Jim. Each scrub shined engraved letters spelling out their mother’s name and the days of her birth and death: March 27, 1939, and March 27, 2020.
Carole passed away on her 81st birthday.
One year since first known US COVID-19 superspreader event
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A year after COVID-19 superspreader, family finds closure
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Skagit County could slip back to Phase 2 if COVID-19 trends continue rising
Health officials say B.1.1.7, otherwise known as the UK variant is largely to blame for rising cases. The move backward could devastate small businesses. Author: Eric Wilkinson Updated: 6:51 PM PDT April 7, 2021
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. Mount Vernon s Lunchbox Diner has only been open for seven days after a five-month coronavirus-related closure.
Owner Steve Sewell says it s the first time he s felt hopeful about his business surviving. Business has been fantastic, he says. I couldn t ask for a better time to open up.
The timing is perfect for the restaurant. The annual Tulip Festival is now blooming, bringing a desperately needed injection of money to the Skagit Valley.
Inslee calls on state legislatures to set aside federal money for housing, clean up effort KOMO News Staff
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OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington Gov. Jay Inslee held a press conference Thursday afternoon to provide an update on the state’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
During Thursday s press conference, Inslee talked about the increase of homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor said while the state s eviction moratorium has saved 75,000 people from become homeless, the amount of homeless people in the state has increased during the pandemic.
Inslee called on state legislatures to direct funding from the Federal American Rescue Plan towards acquiring low income housing, providing case management for housing and homeless individuals, and providing cleanup and rehabilitation to public spaces that have been used for encampments during the COVID-19 pandemic.