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El Condado de Washington ha extendido la fecha límite para que los establecimientos de servicio de alimentos y turismo soliciten fondos de alivio económico debido al coronavirus hasta el 16 de diciembre del 2020. Los negocios y empresas que cumplan con los requisitos pueden recibir de $500 a $4,900 para gastos operativos.

Washington County has extended the deadline for food service and tourist establishments to apply for Coronavirus Relief Funds until December 16, 2020. Eligible businesses can receive $500-$4,900 for operational expenses.

Salud Pública del Condado de Washington apoya el nuevo marco de trabajo anunciado hoy por la gobernadora Kate Brown. Tenemos la esperanza de que este nuevo enfoque sea más fácil de entender tanto para el público como para los negocios y empresas, y que ayude a frenar la propagación del COVID-19 en nuestro condado y Oregon.

Washington County Public Health supports the new framework announced today by Governor Kate Brown. We are hopeful this new approach will be easier for the public and businesses to understand and will help slow the spread of COVID-19 in Oregon and in Washington County.

Las nuevas medidas anunciadas hoy por la gobernadora Kate Brown son necesarias para frenar la propagación del coronavirus en Oregon y en el condado de Washington.

The new measures announced today by Governor Kate Brown are necessary to slow the spread of coronavirus in Oregon and in Washington County.

La gobernadora ha ordenado que el Condado de Washington se una a otros ocho condados de Oregon donde el COVID-19 se está propagando rápidamente para que tomen una pausa de dos semanas sobre actividades sociales, comerciales y otras más dado que están transmitiendo el coronavirus.

The governor has asked Washington County to join eight other Oregon counties where COVID-19 is spreading rapidly to take a two-week pause in social, business and other activities that are driving the spread of coronavirus. The pause will start this Wednesday, Nov. 11 and last until Wednesday, Nov. 25.

Halloween is usually a time for door-to-door trick-or-treating, haunted houses, hayrides, corn mazes and costume parties. But this year, health experts are advising against these activities because they could easily spread the coronavirus.

Dado que más y más lugares de empleo en Oregon están viendo brotes de COVID-19, el Condado de Washington ha creado un kit de herramientas a descargar en inglés y español para ayudar a los negocios y empresas a abordar y prevenir dichos brotes.

With more Oregon workplaces experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks, Washington County has created a downloadable toolkit in English and Spanish to help businesses address and prevent these outbreaks.

Although we have no date yet for reopening, we have been working on a reopening plan that will be reviewed by our County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday.

WIC participants cannot be penalized for seeking services such as nutrition and breastfeeding support under the new rules that went into effect on Monday, Feb. 24.

Any child without the required immunizations or an exemption certificate will not be allowed to attend school or child care on or after February 19 until they provide documentation of immunizations or exemption.

Washington County Public Health has released its first infectious disease report. The report provides the most current data on disease trends, case counts and in-depth articles on communicable diseases, sexually transmitted infections, HIV, tuberculosis and various outbreaks in the county.

Washington County has issued a “red day alert” today due to poor air quality. Air stagnation events, like we are experiencing now, can trap wood smoke pollution near the ground, where people breathe the smoke particles deep into their lungs.

Washington County Public Health is relocating their Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program in Tigard. The new office will be located at 11515 SW Durham Road, Suite E8. The office is easily accessed by TriMet bus routes 93 and 94 on SW Pacific Highway (99W).

Washington County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is holding a public hearing to receive comment on proposed revisions to the current Administrative Rules that address EMS within the county. The meeting will take place on May 2, 2019, 8:30-9:30 a.m., at 20665 SW Blanton Street, Aloha.

School Exclusion Day is Wednesday, February 20, 2019. Any child without the required immunizations or an exemption certificate will not be allowed to attend school or child care on or after February 20 until they provide documentation of immunizations or exemption.

From November 1 through March 1, Washington County Public Health monitors daily air quality for levels of PM2.5, a type of fine air pollution caused in large part by wood smoke.