Coronavirus

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

WHAT WE KNOW: Coronavirus outbreak at a glance

The latest news on the pandemic, plus symptom information and prevention tips

 

Jefferson Healthcare relaunches nurse consult line for COVID-19 symptoms

Case numbers increasing in both Peninsula counties

 

Peninsula College requiring COVID-19 vaccinations

Confirmed Thursday: 19 more cases in Clallam, six in Jefferson

 

Gov. Jay Inslee.

Inslee urges all to wear masks indoors

Face coverings will be required in K-12 schools

Gov. Jay Inslee.

EXPLAINER: Employers have legal right to mandate COVID shots

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The state of California. New York City. Hospitals and nursing homes. Colleges and universities. Employers are putting… Continue reading

FILE - In this Friday, March 5, 2021 file photo, a restaurant worker holds his face mask in Biloxi, Miss. On Friday, March 12, 2021. The nation’s top health agency is expected to backpedal on its masking guidelines and recommend that even vaccinated people wear masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where the coronavirus is surging, according to a federal official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to release the data. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to make an announcement Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

CDC masking guidelines change due to Delta variant

The Associated Press The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reversed course Tuesday on some masking guidelines, recommending that even vaccinated people return to wearing… Continue reading

FILE - In this Friday, March 5, 2021 file photo, a restaurant worker holds his face mask in Biloxi, Miss. On Friday, March 12, 2021. The nation’s top health agency is expected to backpedal on its masking guidelines and recommend that even vaccinated people wear masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where the coronavirus is surging, according to a federal official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to release the data. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to make an announcement Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

COVID-19 cases continue to rise

Delta strain dominant in state

Masks indoors favored again

Clallam confirms 15 delta variant cases

Hundreds of area hospital workers unvaccinated

Peninsula rates still exceed that of general public

National association supports mandating vaccinations

The American Hospital Association said last week it supports hospitals and health care systems that mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for personnel. Vaccinations are not required for… Continue reading

Time to mask up again against COVID-19

Honor system ‘not working’

Clallam County man in 70s dies of COVID-19

Victim had been hospitalized with complications

Clallam County reports its 16th COVID-19 death

Death toll on Peninsula now 20

New outbreak investigated at long-term care facility in Clallam County

1 staff member, 1 resident test positive for COVID-19

COVID claims 19th victim on Peninsula

Clallam County woman in her 30s

Health officer: Large church COVID outbreak over

Three more cases reported on Peninsula

Clallam County reports 14th death due to COVID-19

Second death connected to church outbreak

Covid blastoff expected after Fourth

Locke: Unvaccinated ‘antisocial’

Another COVID death reported in Clallam County

Health officers: Victim was unvaccinated

Businesses reopening across Washington state as most COVID restrictions lifted

Fifteen months after Washington state’s first “stay at home” order was issued in response to the coronavirus, businesses across the state are now… Continue reading