Skagit County Public Health on Tuesday was notified of the first positive case of 2019 novel coronavirus COVID-19 in a Skagit County resident. The patient is a woman in her 40s and is at home in isolation. The individual appears to have acquired COVID-19 through community transmission.
City acting to close Anacortes Senior Center and is cancelling events there in light of new recommendations from Skagit County Health Dept.
The School District has announced new cancellations of student activities and community events.
The Skagit County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday declared a public health emergency on COVID-19. This will allow Skagit County to take the immediate steps necessary to prepare and respond appropriately to this State outbreak.
Despite nearly 90,000 infections worldwide (most of them in China), the world still doesn’t have a clear picture of some basic information about this outbreak.
Anacortes School Superintendent Mark Wenzel says district leadership is meeting regularly to address the coronavirus situation and develop plans in case of an outbreak.
The city and the county say they have no reported cases of the Coronavirus. In an advisory issued on Monday, the city says the Anacortes Fire Department and the city administration are actively engaged with local partners.
A late-Saturday night party involving juveniles at an Airbnb prompted a call to police and ended with an Education Citation for the renter.
An outbreak of coronavirus disease in a nursing home near Seattle is prompting urgent calls for precautionary tactics at America’s elder care facilities, where residents are at heightened risk of serious complications from the illness because of the dual threat of age and close living conditions.
The Anacortes School Board Friday morning chose Justin Irish as Anacortes' new school superintendent. Irish currently serves as the assistant superintendent for the Edmonds School District.
