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

| Governor's Office

Due to the lower unemployment rate in Washington state, the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) notified the Employment Security Department last week that our state’s Extended Benefits (EB) program is ending March 13, 2021.

03/09/2021
Employment Security Division

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is adopting the guidance released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding post-vaccine behavior.

03/09/2021

El Departamento de Salud del Estado de Washington (DOH, por su sigla en inglés) está adoptando las pautas establecidas por los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por su sigla en inglés) sobre el comportamiento tras la vacunación.

03/09/2021

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced today that health care providers have given more than two million doses of COVID-19 vaccine since rollout began in mid-December. 

03/08/2021

Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that, as a result of his lawsuit, Seattle-based ticketing company Brown Paper Tickets must fully refund all consumers who purchased tickets to canceled events, and pay all money it owes to organizers of past events. 

03/08/2021
Washington Attorney General's Office

El Departamento de Salud del Estado de Washington (DOH, por su sigla en inglés) anunció hoy que se han proporcionado más de dos millones de dosis (solo en inglés) de la vacuna contra la COVID-19 a los proveedores de atención médica desde que se inició la distribución a mediados de diciembre. 

03/08/2021

El Departamento de Salud del Estado de Washington (DOH, por su sigla en inglés) se complace en anunciar que se han administrado casi 100,000 dosis de la vacuna contra la COVID-19 en los centros estatales de vacunación masiva en tan solo seis semanas.

03/07/2021

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is excited to announce that nearly 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered at state-led mass vaccination sites in just six weeks.

03/07/2021

El Departamento de Salud del Estado de Washington (DOH, por su sigla en inglés) anuncia, con gran entusiasmo, que el estado ha alcanzado su objetivo de vacunar a 45,000 personas por día.

03/05/2021

Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler extended his emergency order directing all state-regulated health insurers to make additional coverage changes to aid consumers during the coronavirus pandemic.

03/05/2021
Office of the Insurance Commissioner

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is thrilled to share the state has reached its goal of vaccinating 45,000 people per day.

03/05/2021

El Departamento de Salud del Estado de Washington (DOH, por su sigla en inglés) y el gobernador Jay Inslee han establecido las fechas para avanzar a las siguientes fases de elegibilidad para la vacunación. 

03/04/2021

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) and Governor Jay Inslee have set a date for advancing to the next phases of vaccine eligibility, making the life-saving shot available to more people in the coming weeks.

03/04/2021

The Washington state Senate today passed Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s bill to prohibit price gouging in Washington during an emergency by a 29-20 vote. The bill now heads to the state House of Representatives for consideration.

03/03/2021
Washington Attorney General's Office

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has increased its capacity to identify new strains of COVID-19 using next-generation genome sequencing equipment. The goal is to test several thousand specimens a month at the Public Health Lab in Shoreline, WA.

03/03/2021