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| Governor's OfficeGov. Jay Inslee today announced that the statewide eviction moratorium will be extended through June 20, as well as upcoming vaccine eligibility expansion, including restaurant workers and Washingtonians 60 and older.
Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued a consumer alert today to set the record straight about vaccines affecting life insurance policies and payouts.
As of March 13, more than 2,517,506 doses of vaccine have been given across the state, which is nearly 80% of the 3,165,350 doses that have been delivered to our providers and long-term care programs. Washington is currently averaging 44,165 vaccine doses given each day.
A medida que el estado avanza hacia el próximo nivel de elegibilidad para la vacuna, el Departamento de Salud del Estado de Washington quiere destacar que la ampliación incluirá algunas personas con discapacidades.
Proclamation 20-49, et seq., which generally prohibits garnishment for consumer debt in certain circumstances, is updated by replacing the specific reference to "federal stimulus payments" with "federal payments of any kind issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic."
In February 2021, Jeremy Pangelinan, Muckleshoot Tribe’s health clinic manager, reached out to the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs, to express the Muckleshoot Tribe’s interest in gifting a portion of their allocated COVID-19 vaccine doses to incarcerated members of the Muckleshoot Tribe.
As the state advances to the next tier of vaccine eligibility, the Washington State Department of Health wants to emphasize that the expansion will include some people with disabilities.
Gov. Jay Inslee today signed an emergency proclamation prohibiting all public K-12 schools in Washington from failing to provide opportunities in both remote instruction and on-campus, in-person instruction.
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is proud of the success our four state-led mass vaccination sites continue to achieve.
El Departamento de Salud del Estado de Washington (DOH, por su sigla en inglés) está orgulloso del éxito que continúan teniendo los cuatro centros de vacunación masiva del estado.
El Departamento de Salud del Estado de Washington (DOH, por su sigla en inglés) publicó hoy el último informe de situación estatal (solo en inglés) sobre la COVID-19.
The American Rescue Plan Act dramatically expands access to free and low-cost health insurance for more than 200,000 people who get their health insurance through Washington’s Healthplanfinder, our state's Exchange.
Today the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the latest statewide situation report on COVID-19.
Hasta el 8 de marzo, se han administrado más de 2,140,418 dosis de la vacuna en todo el estado, lo cual equivale a casi el 78 % de las 2,746,870 dosis entregadas a los proveedores y programas de atención a largo plazo.
Gov. Jay Inslee today announced that Healthy Washington: Roadmap to Recovery will be transitioning from a regional approach to a county-by-county evaluation process. The governor also announced a new third phase of the Roadmap, a return for in-person spectators for professional and high school sports.