Coronavirus News
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| With new rules in place, construction is nearly grinding to a halt in Whatcom County | Given the new restrictions in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus, Whatcom’s construction industry is in a situation similar to what restaurants and bars have been dealing with the past two weeks. Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee recently clarified what was considered essential… |
2020-03-30 | |
| Daughter’s graduation ceremony was canceled so friends and others held a mini-parade instead | The Ferndale family of a recent graduate from Western Washington University had been looking forward to the March 21st WWU graduation ceremony but were disappointed when it was cancelled as part of the state’s social distancing mandates to minimize the spread of the COVID-19 disease. “… |
2020-03-30 | |
| Trump signs $2.2T stimulus after swift congressional votes | President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law Friday, after swift and near-unanimous action by Congress to support businesses, rush resources to overburdened health care providers and help struggling families during the deepening coronavirus… |
2020-03-27 | |
| Unemployment soars with 4,428 claims filed from Whatcom County residents last week | New unemployment insurance claims soared for the week ending March 21 as Washington state workers stayed home under Gov. Jay Inslee’s order. The number of Whatcom residents filing for unemployment benefits totaled 4,428, according to new data from the … |
2020-03-27 | |
| Coronavirus testing troubles persist as patients are turned away, even as lab capacity in Seattle expands | She started coughing on a Sunday, woke with a fever the following Monday, and by that afternoon, Alex Leuzzi was trying to get her doctors to test her for coronavirus. But her doctors, in a phone call from the Swedish Medical Center clinic in Bellevue, informed Leuzzi “that because my… |
2020-03-27 | |
| UW model says social distancing is starting to work — but still projects 1,400 coronavirus deaths in the state | A new analysis from the University of Washington projects that even with strict social distancing from coast to coast, more than 81,000 people in the U.S. — and more than 1,400 in Washington state — could die from… |
2020-03-27 | |
| U.S. surpasses China with coronavirus cases as global total tops 500,000 | The United States is leading the world in the number of coronavirus cases as of Friday with 85,707 people sick, … |
2020-03-27 | |
| How epidemiologists respond to outbreaks across the globe | 2020-03-26 | ||
| ‘A real lifeline’ or too little? What the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus could mean for Washington state | The unprecedented $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package agreed to by Congress and President Donald Trump is expected to potentially unlock billions of dollars in aid for Washington state governments, transit, businesses and hospitals — as well as send direct payments to most adults. … |
2020-03-26 | |
| Whatcom County executive asks Inslee for state’s help to get more coronavirus test kits | Whatcom County Executive Satpal Sidhu and Bellingham Mayor Seth Fleetwood discussed local and state efforts to address the new coronavirus pandemic Wednesday in separate phone calls with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. Their March 25 conversations focused on efforts to flatten the curve of… |
2020-03-26 |