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Even Washington state isn't getting essential supplies it ordered from Amazon
The pandemic is complicating Amazon’s business even as governments turn to the company for essential medical supplies. Washington state is finding that Amazon hasn’t come through on some important orders.
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Washington's stay home order extended through May 31, state to reopen in four phases
Gov. Jay Inslee will extend his stay-at-home order through at least May 31, he announced on Friday. He said he'd officially issue the extension on Monday, May 4. Inslee also outlined four phases for reopening the state's economy, to be guided by Covid-19 outbreak data.
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Washington state rejects 6.4 million masks, citing poor quality
The KN95 masks that Washington state imported from China didn't pass an initial quality check.
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Nicki Hamilton, 83, Skagit Valley choir singer and women’s rights supporter
Nicki Hamilton was a pilot, a world traveler, a ham radio operator, a chorale member, and, perhaps above all, a New Yorker. She died of coronavirus on March 21 at the Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon. She was 83.
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Seattle's May Day rally heads to Olympia via car caravan
Social distancing measures have forced immigrant and worker rights advocates to rethink this year’s May Day rallies. Seattle’s annual march to downtown is now a car caravan to Olympia.
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Make art and put it in your yards and windows, Seattle asks residents
Washingtonians have been sheltering in place since mid-March; we’ve gotten used to everything from online school to Zoom happy hours. Local artists also have become more skilled at migrating their output to various streaming platforms. Here are three weekend online cultural opportunities.
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Frustrated WA nursing homes welcome news of Covid beds, PPE
In King County, more than 60 percent of all Covid-19 deaths have been among residents, staff and visitors to long-term care facilities. State officials now plan designated facilities and PPE distribution to reduce virus transmission there.
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Overwhelmed, food banks struggle to fill shelves
As Washington residents struggle with unemployment, more people than ever are turning to food banks for help. State officials say the demand for food assistance will continue in the coming months.
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Swedish enrolls Covid-19 patients for trial of anti-inflammatory drug
One physician studying Covid-19 says “the thing that I think does provide us hope is there are people trying to study this as quickly as possible.”
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Ramadan on Zoom: A reminder that we are alone before God
Religious gatherings aren’t currently allowed in Washington state because of the pandemic. For Muslims, that’s especially hard right now, because this is the holy month of Ramadan.
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Driving starts to bounce back after pandemic-driven collapse. Too soon?
More Washingtonians are getting behind the wheel in recent weeks, despite the stay-at-home order.
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Staying home: I hope they know they're doing it for their community and, in a sense, also for me
Voices of the pandemic features people in the Seattle area who are on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak.