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| Governor's Office

Today, the Department of Health (DOH) announced there are now 11 cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19 in Washington state. MIS-C is a rare but serious condition first identified by health care providers in the United Kingdom in late April.

08/07/2020

El Departamento de Salud (DOH) anunció hoy que, en el estado de Washington, hay en este momento 11 casos de síndrome inflamatorio multisistémico en niños (MIS-C) asociado a la COVID-19.

08/06/2020

Gov. Jay Inslee today announced new recommendations from the Washington State Department of Health for resuming in-person instruction in public and private K-12 education for the upcoming 2020–2021 school year. Inslee was joined by Chris Reykdal, state Superintendent of Public Instruction at a press conference.

08/06/2020
Governor's Office

Building on a previous announcement regarding COVID re-opening, Gov. Jay Inslee joined Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown to announce that their states will be working together on telehealth issues.

08/05/2020
Governor's Office

What’s the best advice we can give you regarding use of and documentation for CARES Act funding? Document, document, and document some more.

08/04/2020
State Auditor's Office

Gov. Jay Inslee today announced the extension of two proclamations in response to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. The extensions were approved by the Legislature in a July 30 letter.

08/04/2020
Governor's Office

A new report from the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) helps illustrate which types of businesses and facilities experience the most COVID-19 outbreak activity.

08/04/2020

Un nuevo informe (solo disponible en inglés) del Departamento de Salud del Estado de Washington (DOH) ayuda a ilustrar en qué tipos de empresas e instalaciones se están produciendo más brotes de COVID-19.

08/04/2020

Gov. Jay Inslee today announced updates for Phase 2 and Phase 3 fitness guidance as part of Washington's Safe Start phased reopening plan.

08/03/2020
Governor's Office

The federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) has allocated funds to the state Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program at Commerce

08/03/2020
Commerce

Commerce distributing state CARES Act funding to community agencies that will operate assistance program to pay past due rent and prevent future evictions

08/03/2020
Commerce

El gobernador, con el apoyo de la Legislatura, ha extendido la suspensión del requisito de búsqueda de empleo hasta el 1 de Septiembre.

07/31/2020

Gov. Jay Inslee announced the extension of 25 proclamations today in response to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. The extensions were approved by the state Legislature.

07/31/2020
Governor's Office

DOH wants to make you aware that DOH experienced an outage with our reporting system today (7/31), which means today’s report will be posted late.

07/31/2020

Gov. Jay Inslee today announced updates to the July 24 guidance for restaurants, taverns, breweries, wineries and distilleries as part of Washington's Safe Start phased reopening plan. Changes include clarification about which establishments can offer indoor seating, temporary outdoor seating guidance and counter-style seating clarifications.

07/31/2020
Governor's Office