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MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: May 4, 2021 73 Snohomish County gets a reprieve. There is no rollback to Phase 2 COVID restrictions for the county; in fact, no rollbacks statewide. That’s the news from Gov. Jay Inslee, who says all counties will stay where they are for the next two weeks. That means shopping, dining, outdoor recreation all stays where it is; we are holding in what is our new normal.” “Absolutely, we’re breathing a sigh of relief,” County Executive Dave Somers told reporters at this week’s COVID briefing Tuesday. “The pause is very helpful.” The county learned of the reprieve just before the governor made his announcement. That pause comes after state health officials ran the numbers, which show the fourth wave of coronavirus infection “appears to be at a plateau.” Inslee said. ....
MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: April 27, 2021 The recently rising case rates in Snohomish County have now surpassed the phase 3 threshold. The weekly COVID media briefing from Snohomish County officials was marked by a growing concern over the county’s stubbornly rising numbers of case rates and hospitalizations, the two critical metrics used by Gov. Inslee’s office to determine which reopening phase will be operative. On March 11 Inslee rolled out the revamped Roadmap to Recovery program, initially placing all Washington counties in Phase 3, the least restrictive category. For large counties like Snohomish (more than 50,000 residents) to remain in Phase 3, they must keep a 14-day average of new COVID cases at or below 200 per 100,000 residents, and a seven-day average of new hospitalizations per 100,000 at five or fewer. Smaller counties are subject to a slightly different set of measures as shown in the chart below. ....
COVID-19 briefing: Snohomish County pauses adminstration of Johnson & Johnson vaccine Posted: April 13, 2021 Dr. Chris Spitters During the weekly Snohomish County briefing on COVID-19, County Health Officer Dr. Chris Spitters announced Tuesday that effective immediately, the county is “putting a pause on the administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.” The rationale, he said, comes from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after their safety monitoring system captured six reports of Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients experiencing blood clots. All six cases involve a clot in the veins of the brain called a cerebral venous sinus thrombosis among U.S. women between the ages of 18 and 48. Symptoms materialized six to 13 days after they received the Johnson & Johnson vaccination. Spitters emphasized “that this effect appears to extremely rare – six cases with over almost 7 million dos ....
MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: March 13, 2021 Fire agency personnel working at a mobile vaccination clinic. (Photo courtesy South County Fire) South County Fire is among 23 Snohomish County fire agencies participating in the effort to vaccinate communities against COVID-19 through the county’s Vaccine Taskforce. Mass vaccination sites where Snohomish County fire agency staff are administering vaccine include the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe and Arlington Municipal Airport. Mobile vaccination units are also currently visiting adult family homes and high-risk communities throughout Snohomish County. Trained firefighters and other health care personnel are administering vaccines by appointment to residents eligible under Washington state’s vaccine phases. ....