Our health advisories have the latest information.
Closely monitor health advisories for updated guidance, situational awareness and resources for providers and patients.
To report, call the confidential communicable disease reporting line, 360-417-2412.
Vaccine
Everyone 6 months or older is eligible to get ta COVID-19 Vaccine. For the latest information, visit our COVID-19 Vaccine Information for Providers page. Find a printable COVID vaccine schedule here.
Testing
People with COVID-19 report a wide range of symptoms, from mild to severe. Symptoms may appear 2 to 14 days after exposure and include:
- Cough.
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing.
- Fever.
- Chills.
- Muscle pain.
- Headache.
- Sore throat.
- Loss of taste or smell.
People with mild to moderate illness can test at home or go to a COVID-19 test site in our community. Emergency departments are not for routine COVID-19 testing unless the patient needs emergency care.
Follow Washington State Department of Health’s (DOH’s) updated testing criteria. For more information, view:
Teach your patients
- How to access, use and interpret at-home COVID-19 test kits.
- They must report positive test results to Washington State Department of Health (DOH) at (800) 525-0127.
- How to care for their mild to moderate illness at home and when to go to the emergency department.
Isolation and quarantine
- Interim guidance for managing healthcare personnel with SARS-CoV-2 infection or exposure, CDC.
- Calculating quarantine and isolation, CDC.
Treatment
For information about pre-exposure and post-diagnosis COVID-19 therapeutics, view our COVID-19 Treatment Information for Providers page.
Considerations for special populations
Immunocompromised
Pregnant or breastfeeding
- Care for breastfeeding people, CDC.
- COVID-19 frequently asked questions (FAQs) for obstetricians and gynecologists, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Long-Term care
- Interim guidance for transferring residents between long-term care and other healthcare settings, DOH.
Healthcare workers
- COVID-19 information for healthcare providers, CDC.
- Interim guidance for managing healthcare personnel with SARS-CoV-2 infection or exposure, CDC.
Children and teens
- Case definition and guidance for multisystem inflammatory system in children (MIS-C), CDC.
- Clinical considerations: myocarditis and pericarditis, CDC.
Personal protective equipment
- PPE when caring for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, CDC.
- Video instructions for donning and doffing PPE, Providence.
Safety
- Guidance on discontinuing transmission-based precautions in healthcare facilities, CDC.
- Return-to-work guidance for healthcare workers, CDC.
- COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness and safety, CDC.
- Case definition and guidance for multisystem inflammatory system in adults (MIS-A), CDC.
- Report adverse events to CDC’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).
- Encourage people to sign up for CDC’s V-Safe, a post-vaccine health check-up and adverse event reporting system.
Long COVID
- Post-COVID-19 conditions, CDC.
- Post-COVID-19 conditions, DOH.
Educational and promotional materials
- Register to access free promotional materials, DOH.
- As patients’ trusted source of medical information, you play a critical role in increasing COVID-19 vaccination. Join the Power of Providers Initiative, DOH.
- Provider Toolkit with many printable materials, DOH.
- What parents/guardians need to know about pediatric COVID-19 vaccine, DOH.
Patient resources
- Care Connect Washington provides food, care kits and other assistance to people who need to isolate or quarantine due to COVID-19.
- Washington Listens connects people with support specialists and community resources.
- Northwest Justice Project gives free civil legal aid to eligible people with low incomes.
Healthcare provider resources
- Healthcare providers can bill for COVID-19 vaccine counseling and administration. For more information, see the reimbursement policies for Medicaid and uninsured patients.
- National news and case counts, CDC.
- Healthcare providers resources and recommendations, DOH.
Additional guidance
- Testing guidance, CDC.
- Healthcare providers, DOH.
- Healthcare providers, CDC.
- Travelers, CDC.
- Preventing transmission in homes and communities, CDC.
Contacting the Health Department
Here‘s how you can contact us.- Front Desk 360-417-2274
- M-F 8:00am to 12:00pm and 12:30pm to 4:30pm
- Afterhours Answering Service 206-517-2384 – available after 4:30pm and weekends
- Communicable Disease Reporting – 24 hours a day 7 days a week
- Report Line 360-417-2412
- Confidential Fax 360-452-4492