Coronavirus In Seattle
KUOW's ongoing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic in Seattle and surrounding area.
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Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on the coronavirus outbreak
Mayor Durkan has announced water and electricity will not be shut off for residents who can't afford their payments during the coronavirus outbreak.
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Seattle area K-12 schools ordered to close through April amid COVID-19 outbreak
Gov. Jay Inslee has ordered the closure of all public and private schools in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties beginning Monday, March 17. Schools aren't permitted to resume in-person classes until April 27.
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COVID-19: What to expect
Originally published on March 3 at julianagrant.com.
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'Hope is not a strategy,' says Kirkland city manager of coronavirus response
As an illness spread through a nursing home in Kirkland in late February, City Manager Kurt Triplett says that testing was a key missing factor that left officials unsatisfied as they responded to the outbreak.
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Tears, hugs, and goodbyes. Seattle students (and families) react to school closures
Seattle public schools are closed for two weeks -- at least. It’s a precaution the district is taking to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Now kids and parents are figuring out what this means for them.
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The questions you have about coronavirus, and the answers you're not getting
ProPublica health reporter Caroline Chen has reported on (and lived through) epidemics before. That experience helps guide her reporting on the novel coronavirus.
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March 11th | You know those concert tickets you bought? About that…
Coronavirus strikes again, this time at large gatherings, as governor imposes mandatory measures. Even after the age of social distancing ends, is online working here to stay? The things you don’t know you don’t know about COVID-19, and the things we won’t know for a while about the election.
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Is teleworking a good idea?
Microsoft, Amazon, and other large companies have requested their workers telecommute until further notice. Is this the way of the future? Or an annoying inconvenience?
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Governor Inslee bans gatherings of more than 250 people
Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced today that he is prohibiting recreational and social gatherings of more than 250 people in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties, to curb the coronavirus outbreak.
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All Seattle Public Schools closed for at least two weeks starting Thursday due to coronavirus outbreak
Superintendent Denise Juneau ordered the district closed Wednesday morning after the first known confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported Tuesday, shuttering Aki Kurose Middle School indefinitely.
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Large events banned in Seattle area amid efforts to slow COVID-19 spread
Events and large gatherings of more than 250 people are banned in the Seattle area as state and local officials attempt to curb the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus.
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Seattle won't interrupt public utility services for those impacted by COVID-19 outbreak
Mayor Jenny Durkan announced Tuesday afternoon that Seattle City Light and Seattle Public Utilities will keep services going throughout the city's COVID-19 emergency.