Confluence Health Nurses Voice Concerns Over Staffing and Increasing Burn Out
“When we go to work and we’re short and it’s a bad day, somebody died when they didn’t have to,” Sara Morgan Bergenholtz said. "That's why people are leaving.”
Omicron
COVID-19 Bivalent Boosters Now Available in Chelan and Douglas County
Those interested should contact their local healthcare provider.
Omicron COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Now Available for More People
Those who can get the bivalent booster will need to ask their healthcare providers about current availability.
Omicron Detect for First Time in Grant County
The Grant County Health District is confirming the presence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant for the first time in the county.
PIO Misty Aguilar said Omicron detections have been increasing in Washington throughout this last month.
"We knew it was only a matter of time before it showed up in our county
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Omicron Variant Confirmed in Washington State
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced Saturday afternoon that it has confirmed the first three cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in the state.
According to the DOH, which was helped by the UW Medicine Virology Lab, cases of the variant were found in three separate counties:
a man in his thirties from Thurston County
a man in his twenties from Pierce County, and
a woman in