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April 15, 2021 7:07 PM Alex Crescenti
SPOKANE, Wash. Two local nonprofits find themselves in a public dispute. The Women’s Club of Spokane says Jewels Helping Hands overstayed their welcome. Originally, Jewels leadership said the two had an agreement to stay inside the facility back in February, but the Club said that’s not the case.
This all started back in February when temperatures dipped dangerously low. Jewels Helping Hands came to the Women’s Club asking to use their space to house homeless people. The two sides met, and leaders at the Women’s Club said they didn’t hear back from Jewels and assumed the shelter lost interest but that’s not what happened. It was a shock for Club President Joshua Awesome when Jewels Helping hands moved in.
Younger people driving possible COVID-19 surge as Washington prepares to open up vaccine eligibility
April 14, 2021 6:23 PM Maher Kawash
SPOKANE, Wash. On the eve of Washington allowing all adults to get the COVID-19 vaccine, health experts also have their eyes on a potential fourth wave of infections.
“It’s not just about vaccines, it’s about the behaviors people can do right now,” said Dr. Scott Lindquist of the Washington Department of Health (DOH).
Spokane County reported more than 100 cases on five of the last seven days.
Washington’s cases are up almost 30 percent.
As we’ve often seen during this pandemic, younger people are driving this surge.
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Credit Rebecca White/SPR Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced Friday that counties now must fail in two metrics to be moved back a phase in their reopening – and some counties may have if the guidance had stayed the same.
Previously, a county could be forced to regress to more restrictions if they had more than 200 cases per 100,000 people. Now they also must have more than five hospitalizations per 100,000 people for the state to regress a county to a more restrictive phase.
During a visit to a Spokane Mass Vaccination clinic Friday, Inslee said several counties, including Spokane were at risk of going back a phase if he had not changed the guidance.
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Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced Friday that counties now must fail in two metrics to be moved back a phase in their reopening. The governor says the state won t act unless counties have both a high hospitalization and case rate.
Previously, a county could be forced to regress to more restrictions if they had more than 200 cases per 100,000 people. Now they also must have more than five hospitalizations per 100,000 cases for the state to regress a county to a more restrictive phase. Given the incredible progress on vaccinations and our focus protecting people from severe illness, we believe analyzing and requiring both metrics together is the right approach to make sure we’re considering the connection between COVID cases and our medical system and hospitalizations, Inslee said in his Friday release.