Public Health News

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.