Repost from Pacific County Health and Human ServicesThere are now 20 counties (Chelan, Clark, Columbia, Grant, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Lincoln, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Spokane, Thurston, Whatcom, Yakima) in WA State that have reported cases of COVID-19. Klickitat is the newest county with reported cases of COIVD-19. For the latest numbers please visit https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/Coronavirus Gov. Jay Inslee signed a package of five COVID-19 related bills into law today to boost the statewide response to the recent outbreak. Following the first COVID-19-related death in our state in late February, Inslee declared a state of emergency in response. The emergency proclamation directed state agencies to use all resources necessary to prepare for and respond to the outbreak. These bills secure additional funding for the state’s effort to mitigate the virus’ spread. “I’d like to thank all Washingtonians for stepping up in the fight against this virus,” Inslee said. “People are making tremendous sacrifices to slow the spread. These bills will help ensure that our state has resources to help. I thank the Legislature for their unanimous, bipartisan support to provide necessary funding.” Inslee signed the bills in Olympia with media and the public watching via streaming video and telephone to practice social distancing measures. For a breakdown of each bill, and more on other emergency proclamations the governor detailed to the media following today's bill signings, read our post on Medium. For more information about state resources available to the public in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, visit the governor's coronavirus resource page. ****************************** Governor Jay Inslee Limits Visitors at Long-Term Care Facilities during COVID-19 Outbreak. In order to stop the spread of the virus, Governor Jay Inslee announced that visitors will not be allowed at all long-term care facilities including Residential Habilitation Centers, State-Operated Living Alternatives, Adult Family Homes, and Assisted Living Facilities among others. This decision, like the one Governor Inslee made to close schools statewide, was not an easy one. We understand that visitors mean everything to our clients but because of the ease of spread of COVID-19, especially in long-term care settings, however we need to ensure the health of our clients and staff and reducing the amount of people who come and go from our long-term care facilities is another step we can take to keep everyone safe. This situation is very fluid and so we are still working on seeing if we have opportunities to provide alternative visitation such as video conferencing, etc. We appreciate your understanding and support during this time. We will update you as the situation evolves. For up-to-date facts, figures and guidance on COVID-19 please visit DOH's webpage at: https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/Coronavirus For more DDA COVID-19 related information, please see https://www.dshs.wa.gov/…/consu…/dda-coronavirus-information ****************************** WA DOH: To help conserve masks and to help keep us all home, we are asking all health care facilities to cancel or postpone visits that can be postponed. We have a worldwide shortage of the masks, gowns, and gloves that keep health care safe for us and for our health care providers. And we all need to stay home as much as possible right now to stop the spread of COVID-19. To help conserve masks and to help keep us all home, we are asking all health care facilities to cancel or postpone visits that can be postponed. This includes routine dental visits, adult annual exams, and routine screenings. If you are not sure whether your upcoming appointment can be postponed or perhaps done over the phone, call the clinic to check before you go. If you are having a dental emergency (like you are in pain) please go to your regular dental clinic, not an emergency room. Keep taking the little ones in for their immunizations! And please remember to reschedule those important wellness visits when this crisis is over! ****************************** The National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers (NCTRC) webinar to explore further uses and benefits of telehealth during the COVID-19 outbreak. Telehealth can be a means to address COVID-19 through patient monitoring, treating and limiting exposure to infection for vulnerable populations, and protecting health care workers. Telehealth cannot only expand the reach of services to communities that have limited access to needed services, but also provide minimize exposure for both the health worker and patients who are at high risk for infection. This allows patients to receive health services away from settings where potential for contracting COVID-19 are high, such as hospitals and waiting rooms. Join the NCTRC this Thursday, March 19th for an informative webinar. Please share with your colleagues. To register for this webinar go to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qcJHiCQBShyg3cR-Gc5DjQ ****************************** Emergency Refill Rule in Effect: Based on the Governor’s emergency proclamation for the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Health and the Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission have put into effect WAC 246-869-105. This rule allows a pharmacist, among other things, to grant an emergency refill of an expired prescription for up to a seventy-two hour supply for medications that are not maintenance medications, and a thirty-day supply for a maintenance medication if the pharmacist is unable to obtain refill authorization from the prescriber. Please refer to the rule for requirements, and prescriber notification when applicable. ***************************** Here is OSPI’s guidance for long-term school closures https://www.k12.wa.us/…/bulletins…/bulletins2020/B019-20.pdf ****************************** WBH Mobile Crisis Team is now connected to a National "warm line" (1.800.698.2392), please see the information below: This is a national hotline that is able to be utilized by anyone, as needed Contact can be done as often as they want - can be daily / weekly / monthly This can be used to 'just talk' with someone - doesn't have to be crisis related Staff are able to deal with any crisis discussed by client, they typically attempt to 'talk down' the client, but are able to transfer if call is to high risk. Caller also has option to leave message and staff will call back. Call back is typically done 10-30 after message left, depending on availability of staff. ****************************** If I see a restaurant, bar, or facility ignoring the Governor’s mandate, what should I do? You should go home. Of course, so should all the rest of those people, but at this time, we don’t have a good phone number for you to call to report violators. Just do your part to stay home and protect the community! ****************************** Practice Compassion: We are all feeling a bit unsettled with these disruptions to normal life. Remember, even if you are isolated right now, you are not alone! ****************************** Pacific County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Level 1 Activation in Response to COVID-19. The Pacific County EOC Hotline will be open from 8:00am to 4:00 p.m. to answer questions from the public about COVID-19. The call center number is 360-875-9407 or 360-642-9407 (updated 3.18.2, 12:15pm). Listed below are trusted resources for COVID-19 information: *Pacific County EOC Hotline (8:00am-4:00pm): 360-875-9407 or 360-642-9407 (updated 3.18.2, 12:15pm). *Pacific County Facebook: Pacific County Health & Human Services *Pacific County: http://pacificcountyhealthdepartment.com/ *WA State: https://coronavirus.wa.gov/ *WA DOH Blog “Public Connection”:https://medium.com/wadepthealth *WA DOH Hotline (6:00am-10:00pm): Call 1-800-525-0127 and press # for COVID-19 questions. *National: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html *Map Tracking: https://systems.jhu.edu/research/public-health/ncov/ *** Beware: Fake Online Coronavirus Map Delivers Well-known Malware Follow Pacific County Health and Human Services on Facebook:
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