1,371 contact tracers ready assist health departments
More than 1,300 people in Washington state have been trained and are ready to work with local health departments to do contact tracing once a case of the coronavirus has been confirmed in a county. At a news conference Tuesday, Gov. Jay Inslee said that of those already trained, 351 are from the National Guard, 390 are from the Department of Licensing and 630 are state or local health professionals. He said that number could be expanded even more in the coming weeks. Continue reading at The Yakima Herald. (Elaine Thompson)
How Washington school districts are succeeding and struggling since coronavirus shut them down
For an hour-and-a-half on Wednesdays, Yakima School District’s Franklin Middle School turns into a bread line. Six lines of cars form in the school’s parking lot, said the principal, Sherry Anderson, and local police help direct the traffic. Each vehicle is filled with parents and kids waiting to receive a week’s supply of food, a lifeline amid a pandemic that has harmed the factory and farming community in Washington’s Yakima Valley. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Emily M. Eng)
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Employment Security Department Commissioner Suzi LeVine released a lengthy statement Tuesday from Olympia to explain how the state plans to help everyone who is waiting to receive unemployment benefits. Continue reading at The Olympian.
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