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Spokane Regional Health District s (SRHD) interim Health Officer, Dr. Frank Velazquez spoke on Wednesday addressing two recent announcements regarding COVID-19;Â the CDCâs updated guidance for quarantine or isolation and Tuesday s announcement by Governor Inslee to extend restrictions for an additional three weeks.
Velazquez started his press conference by addressing the large amount of daily positive cases being reported in Spokane, specifically mentioning the 692 cases reported on Tuesday. Tuesday s case numbers were a single-day high for Spokane county, however Velazquez confirmed that 238 of those cases were from inmates testing positive in the outbreak at Airway Heights Correctional Facility.Â
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Spokane public health officials say they’re providing help to state and county agencies that are battling Covid outbreaks in Spokane area corrections facilities.
The Spokane Regional Health District on Tuesday reported 238 cases at the Airway Heights Corrections Facility. That was about a third of the record 692 new coronavirus cases reported.
Interim Health Officer Frank Velazquez says his office is doing what it can to help contain that.
“We have provided resources for testing, both for inmates as well as staff. We have provided them with guidance on frequency of testing because there are multiple scenarios. We have also provided guidance in terms of quarantine and isolation. I do know that the buildings have been separated between quarantine and isolation, he said.
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