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Governor Jay Inslee holds a news conference to provide an update on the state's COVID-19 response.

| Governor's Office

The Vaccine Command and Coordination System (VACCS) Center continues to bring large and small Northwest employers together for a common goal: to help all eligible Washingtonians get vaccinated.

03/18/2021

El Departamento de Salud del Estado de Washington (DOH, por su sigla en inglés) continúa avanzando en sus iniciativas (solo en inglés) para la distribución y administración de la vacuna contra la COVID-19.

03/18/2021

El Centro del Sistema de Mando y Coordinación de Acciones de Vacunación (VACCS, por su sigla en inglés) continúa reuniendo a los grandes y pequeños empleadores de la región noroeste para un objetivo común: ayudar a todos los residentes elegibles de Washington a vacunarse.

03/18/2021

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. 

03/17/2021

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.

03/17/2021

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."

03/17/2021
Governor's Office

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.

03/17/2021
Department of Corrections

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.

03/15/2021
Governor's Office

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.

03/13/2021

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is proud of the success our four state-led mass vaccination sites continue to achieve.

03/13/2021

Today the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the latest statewide situation report on COVID-19.

03/12/2021

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.

03/12/2021

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.

03/12/2021
Office of the Insurance Commissioner

As of March 8, more than 2,140,418 doses of vaccine have been given across the state, which is nearly 78% of the 2,746,870 doses that have been delivered to our providers and long-term care programs. Washington is currently averaging 46,119 vaccine doses given each day. 

03/11/2021

The Guard's mobile vaccination team specializes in reaching Washington residents in high-risk communities and remote areas.

03/11/2021
Washington National Guard