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The Washington State Health Department has announced an accelerated timeline to move into the next phase of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Assistant Secretary Michelle Roberts says more than 201,000 doses have distributed. "This week we're working on moving vaccine around the state to make sure it is in the right place as we ask the remaining healthcare workers to come forward ...

The Washington State Department of Health says that all eight regions will begin in Phase 1 of the new Healthy Washington, Roadmap to Recovery plan when it goes into effect Monday. The new plan combines multiple counties together into regions, such as the North Central region with Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan Counties ...

The State Department of Health held their weekly update Wednesday morning saying that while the situation is improving, it's not far enough along yet. Assistant Health Secretary Dr. Michele Roberts says the state got nearly 45,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week, the second shipment to arrive ...

The Washington State Department of Health announced more than 1,000 positive COVID-19 tests Friday. It's the highest number of new, confirmed cases since mid-July. Dr. Kathy Lofy, State Health Officer says, "We are also concerned about the risk of overwhelming our hospital systems when we see cases spike like this ...

Much discussion throughout the state has surrounded how, and at what speed, K-through-12 students should be brought out of distance learning and into at least a hybrid model because of the Coronavirus. Lacy Fehrenbach of the Washington State Health Department says, "We certainly want to be cautious ...

Washington State will begin receiving a new type of rapid-result COVID-19 antigen test kit from the federal government starting this week. According to the Department of Health, Abbot BinaxNOW antigen test kits will be delivered in batches, with the first about 149,000 strong ...

Coronavirus cases in Washington state have been slowly declining for about two months…but that seems to have come to an end, according to Washington State Health Department Secretary Dr. John Wiesman. "Clearly we have seen a stop in the decrease, and a plateau which is pretty concerning to me. Certa ...

The Washington State Department of Health provided an update on progress being made toward a COVD-19 vaccine. According to the Department, four states and one city have been chosen to be pilot regions in the CDC's planning. Washington is not one of the pilot states, but will develop plans based on lessons learned from the pilot project ...

The Chelan-Douglas Health District has named Nathan Weed as their newest Interim Administrator with the hope he is needed no longer than 12 weeks though it's flexible. Chelan County Commissioner Kevin Overbay says one of the benefits of Weed is that he's from the State Department of Health and they will cover the costs ...

Chelan and Douglas Counties, along with the three other counties in a modified Phase 1 status, all got an updated list of activities that are permitted by the State Department of Health. State Health Secretary John Wiesman says they're hoping to bring some uniformity ...