{"id":406,"date":"2020-11-23T15:55:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T23:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/?p=406"},"modified":"2020-11-23T15:55:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T23:55:40","slug":"11-23-monday-briefing-reporte-semanal-de-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/2020\/11\/23\/11-23-monday-briefing-reporte-semanal-de-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"11\/23: Monday Briefing &#038; Reporte Semanal de COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3072\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-406-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/episodes\/KTQA-DB-20201123.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/episodes\/KTQA-DB-20201123.mp3\">https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/episodes\/KTQA-DB-20201123.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/episodes\/KTQA-DB-20201123.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/?powerpress_pinw=406-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/episodes\/KTQA-DB-20201123.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"KTQA-DB-20201123.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 25:36 &#8212; 58.6MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>Today&#8217;s Daily Briefing is accompanied by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=2205314556268259&amp;id=548223348644063\"><em>Reporte Semanal de COVID<\/em><\/a>, a Spanish-language production of VT RadioUniversal, Latinx En Accion, and the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.\u00a0 <!--more--><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"state\">STATE<\/h1>\n<div class=\"level1\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level1 node\">\n<div class=\"li\">The governor and the department of Commerce are making available additional funds to support residents, families, and businesses impacted by COVID-19.<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">The total new economic supports amount to $135 million, divided among business support grants, a loan recovery program, rental assistance, and energy bill assistance for low-income households.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">For info on obtaining financial assistance, visit <a class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/startup.choosewashingtonstate.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/startup.choosewashingtonstate.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">startup.chooseWashingtonState.com<\/a> and click on COVID resources.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1 node\">\n<div class=\"li\">The Apple Cup, a football game between rivals UW and WSU that has been played yearly since 1944, has been <a class=\"urlextern\" title=\"https:\/\/www.thenewstribune.com\/sports\/college\/university-of-washington\/article247361704.html#storylink=cpy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewstribune.com\/sports\/college\/university-of-washington\/article247361704.html#storylink=cpy\" rel=\"nofollow\">canceled due to COVID-19 concerns<\/a>.<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">athletic directors for both universities have expressed interest scheduling the game for later this season.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1 node\">\n<div class=\"li\">The Washington State Department of Health is <a class=\"urlextern\" title=\"https:\/\/kuow.org\/stories\/pandemic-updates-for-seattle-and-the-northwest\" href=\"https:\/\/kuow.org\/stories\/pandemic-updates-for-seattle-and-the-northwest\" rel=\"nofollow\">pausing reporting out negative Covid-19 test results<\/a> in order to overcome a backlog of accurate reporting.<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">The DOH has asked the major labs doing coronavirus testing to send all data minus the individual negative results so the state can catch up on reporting out new positive cases.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h1 id=\"regional\">REGIONAL<\/h1>\n<div class=\"level1\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level1 node\">\n<div class=\"li\">The <a class=\"urlextern\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tpchd.org\/Home\/Components\/Blog\/Blog\/31802\/333\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tpchd.org\/Home\/Components\/Blog\/Blog\/31802\/333\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tacoma Pierce County Health Department is reporting<\/a> that increased cases of COVID-19 transmission are occuring due to numerous patterns such as:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">People are not practicing safe physical distancing or wearing face coverings when gathering\u2013be it social, business, civic, political, athletic, or religious.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">Another source of transmission involves outbreaks in congregational care settings like assisted living facilities and nursing homes, and the infection rate there is actually higher than it was early in the pandemic.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">Transmissions have recently increased between youth in childcare, recreation, social gatherings, or any place people gather while not wearing masks, washing hands, or maintaining physical distancing.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">The department states that it\u2019s safest to gather only with people who live in your household, and all residents should practice physical distancing, even with friends and family outside your household.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1 node\">\n<div class=\"li\">Pierce County Superior Court has <a class=\"urlextern\" title=\"https:\/\/www.thenewstribune.com\/news\/local\/article247344174.html#storylink=cpy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewstribune.com\/news\/local\/article247344174.html#storylink=cpy\" rel=\"nofollow\">canceled new jurors<\/a> for this week<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">Jury trials already in progress will continue and jurors for those cases are expected to show up at their regularly scheduled time<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">Plans for when and how to resume new juror operations are pending<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2 node\">\n<div class=\"li\">Anyone who was scheduled to have a hearing in front of a judge should contact the judicial assistant for that department.<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level3\">\n<div class=\"li\">The number for the Commissioners Services is (253)798-6697.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level3\">\n<div class=\"li\">Criminal Administration can be reached at (253)798-2988.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level3\">\n<div class=\"li\">For Remann Hall (Juvenile Court) issues, call (253)798-7900.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level3\">\n<div class=\"li\">For Western State Hospital matters, contact the County Clerk\u2019s Office at (253)756-2951<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level3\">\n<div class=\"li\">Jurors can call Jury Administration at (253)798-7782.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">You can visit piercecountywa.gov for information online<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">Snohomish and King County Superior courts suspended in-person jury trials due to increasing coronavirus cases.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">The <a class=\"urlextern\" title=\"https:\/\/www.thenewstribune.com\/news\/local\/community\/puyallup-herald\/ph-news\/article247320084.html#storylink=cpy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewstribune.com\/news\/local\/community\/puyallup-herald\/ph-news\/article247320084.html#storylink=cpy\" rel=\"nofollow\">Puyallup Food Bank<\/a> is seeking donations of peanut butter, turkey and up to $25 grocery store gift cards, which can be dropped off at the former Safeway building on 1405 E. Main until Dec. 23.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1 node\">\n<div class=\"li\">Hospitals that are part of the UW Medicine system are <a class=\"urlextern\" title=\"https:\/\/komonews.com\/news\/coronavirus\/uw-medicine-postpones-certain-non-urgent-surgeries-due-to-create-space-for-covid-patients\" href=\"https:\/\/komonews.com\/news\/coronavirus\/uw-medicine-postpones-certain-non-urgent-surgeries-due-to-create-space-for-covid-patients\" rel=\"nofollow\">postponing some non-urgent surgeries<\/a> to create space for COVID-19 patients.<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">Only procedures which are non-urgent but would require hospital stays are being considered, cases are being reviewed individually, and postponements are only being made if there is be no medical harm to the patient.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\">\n<div class=\"li\">Doctors, nurses, and clinicians at Indigo Urgent Care Facilities, which are part of Multicare, began a <a class=\"urlextern\" title=\"https:\/\/kuow.org\/stories\/pandemic-updates-for-seattle-and-the-northwest\" href=\"https:\/\/kuow.org\/stories\/pandemic-updates-for-seattle-and-the-northwest\" rel=\"nofollow\">2-day strike<\/a> to protest what they say is a lack of appropriate PPE for staff during the Pandemic.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h1 id=\"tacoma\">TACOMA<\/h1>\n<div class=\"level1\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level1 node\">\n<div class=\"li\">The City of Tacoma has extended operations of the warming center at the Eastside Community Center through December 31, 2020.<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">Information is available at <a class=\"wikilink2\" title=\"cityoftacoma.org_inclementresources\" href=\"https:\/\/answer.atheist.radio\/wiki\/cityoftacoma.org_inclementresources\" rel=\"nofollow\">cityoftacoma.org\/inclementresources<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h1 id=\"testing_sites\">TESTING SITES<\/h1>\n<div class=\"level1\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level1 node\">\n<div class=\"li\">There are numerous free COVID-19 testing sites in our region:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">For King County locations visit <a class=\"urlextern\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kingcounty.gov\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kingcounty.gov\" rel=\"nofollow\">KingCounty.gov<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">A new site has been established at Highline College in Des Moines.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">For Pierce County locations, visit <a class=\"urlextern\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tpchd.org\/covidtest.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tpchd.org\/covidtest.\" rel=\"nofollow\">TPCHD.org\/covidtest<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1 node\">\n<div class=\"li\">This week&#8217;s <a class=\"urlextern\" title=\"https:\/\/piercecountywa.gov\/6758\/Covid-19-Mobile-Testing?fbclid=IwAR30bMJ2R7XhGq1LcQfznMFW2gyyUUMR9MWEa74WUPV0ysfWXUE1qK0s0rE\" href=\"https:\/\/piercecountywa.gov\/6758\/Covid-19-Mobile-Testing?fbclid=IwAR30bMJ2R7XhGq1LcQfznMFW2gyyUUMR9MWEa74WUPV0ysfWXUE1qK0s0rE\" rel=\"nofollow\">free mobile testing events in Pierce county<\/a> include:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">On Tuesday, November 24th, at Pierce County Library at 3005 112th St. E. in Tacoma<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">On Wednesday, November 25th, at MetroParks Peck Athletic Field<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">The county won&#8217;t be holding any mobile testing events on Thursday or Friday this week. All residents are urged to stay home and spend Thanksgiving only with members of your household.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">On Saturday, November 28th, the health dept mobile testing units will be up and running at Key Peninsula Longbranch Improvement Club, Journey Church on Pearl St. in Tacoma, and at the Tacoma Dome.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">And on Sunday, November 29th, testing will be held at 3 locations: the Narrows Sixth Avenue Park and Ride, Gig Harbor High School, and Key Peninsula Middle School<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">No ID is required and tests are free and open to anyone<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">results are available in 3-5 days<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level2\">\n<div class=\"li\">Testing runs 10am-3pm.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3073\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-406-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/episodes\/KTQA-DB-20201123.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/episodes\/KTQA-DB-20201123.mp3\">https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/episodes\/KTQA-DB-20201123.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/episodes\/KTQA-DB-20201123.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/?powerpress_pinw=406-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/episodes\/KTQA-DB-20201123.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"KTQA-DB-20201123.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 25:36 &#8212; 58.6MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>Today&#8217;s Daily Briefing is accompanied by the Reporte Semanal de COVID, a Spanish-language production of VT RadioUniversal, Latinx En Accion, and the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407,"href":"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions\/407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daily.ktqa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}