Coronavirus In Seattle
KUOW's ongoing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic in Seattle and surrounding area.
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Poets give voice to our deepest thoughts when it comes to this pandemic
Our state’s Stay Home/Stay Healthy order will remain in effect in some form for at least several more weeks. As we adapt to the new, temporary, normal, many of us our turning to the arts for diversion, comfort, or just a new perspective on the world. KUOW’s Arts and Culture reporter Marcie Sillman talked with three poets about how they’re responding to the pandemic.
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'We’re going to run out of masks.' Health workers push back on restarting elective surgeries
Supplies of personal protective equipment are still too tenuous for some medical professionals to support a complete reopening of Washington state's health care system.
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Don't be alarmed, these Seattle firefighters just want to see people
While you’re social distancing at home Friday evening in Seattle, you might see flashing lights from a passing firetruck. But don’t be alarmed, it may be part of a police and fire department event called Friday Night Lights.
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Improvisation necessary for Pacific Northwest first responders facing Covid-19 threat
Coronavirus risk and ongoing shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) are leading fire departments around the region to rediscover the enduring truth of the idiom, "Necessity is the mother of invention." Since the virus epidemic emerged in the Pacific Northwest, the fire service has changed tactics, improvised and resorted to creativity to keep first responders healthy and available to serve the public.
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Antibody testing: not a panacea, still worth doing
We don't know for sure whether recovering from COVID-19 will confer lasting protective immunity. But, says the head of UW Virology, individuals and the public health system deserve all the information they can get.
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Washington Supreme Court denies inmates' Covid-19 petition
Using their web cameras, and calling in from separate locations, the Washington State Supreme Court Justices and lawyers met over a Zoom call Thursday. Justices listened in as lawyers made their case on both sides of a lawsuit that seeks the release of thousands of Washington state inmates, prompted by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Yes, Covid-19 antibody tests are really available in Seattle. But patients have been told otherwise
The University of Washington's Virology Lab on Tuesday began processing thousands of Covid-19 antibody tests, which can detect whether a person has previously been infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus. But as testing has gotten underway, some patients have been erroneously told by health care providers that the tests aren't available.
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Mayor Durkan responds to proposed payroll tax
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan joins us for her weekly check-in.
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I can't stop touching people. Even now during coronavirus
Voices of the pandemic features people in the Seattle area who are on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Washington state builds coronavirus contact tracing 'fire brigade'
Public health experts say finding and isolating coronavirus patients will be key to re-opening public life. That's going to take a lot of work.
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Crowding, lack of social distancing enforcement may have contributed to Covid-19 outbreaks at Seattle shelters
Interrupting the transmission of Covid-19 in homeless shelters can be challenging. Like long-term care sites, shelters are densely populated, which can amplify infectious disease outbreaks. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control looks at an outbreak in three affiliated Seattle shelters in early April, and the public health response that followed.
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Antibody testing: not a magic bullet
As much as we might like to hope that expanded testing is the key.