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Coronavirus

Extended coverage of the outbreak of the coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2; the illness it causes, COVID-19; and the pandemic's effects on the Seattle area, the Pacific Northwest and the world.

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Dr. John Corman MD, signals for more Pfizer vaccine as Amazon partners with Virginia Mason creating a pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Amazon’s 7th Avenue meeting center in Seattle, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. 216188
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How to get a COVID-19 vaccine in Seattle, King County and Washington state

Mapping a pandemic

Track the spread of coronavirus across Washington and the world

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. (NIAID-RML via AP)
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Charts, mask how-tos and more resources to help you understand the pandemic and get through it safely

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Lives Remembered

The stories of people we have lost to COVID-19

Signs on a door at the entrance to a new vaccination site that has been set up at the Auburn Outlet Collection in Auburn, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. The site will accommodate six times the number of people of the previous Auburn site. 216763

When will people younger than 16 be COVID-vaccine eligible in Washington state, and which jab is OK for teens?

A first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine awaits the arm of Melissa Nguyen, a contract administrator for the Seattle School District, Sunday, March 14, 2021 during a pop-up vaccination clinic occurring this weekend at the UW Medicine Neighborhood Shoreline Clinic, in collaboration with the Shoreline Fire Department. According to an email from Susan Gregg Director, Media Relations UW Medicine Marketing & Communications: “We vaccinated approximately 800 teachers, childcare workers and other eligible individuals. We received additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from an Eastern Washington facility who couldn’t readily use them. Airlift Northwest, entity of UW Medicine, transferred the doses here.” 216643

WATCH: Seattle Times journalists, UW infectious-disease expert discuss COVID-19 vaccine rollout WATCH

Maria C. Herrera, center, her first vaccine shot a Seattle Fire Department medic at the pop-up clinic in the Filipino Community Center in Hillman City on Thursday. Fire department medics have given out more than 7,800 shots, since the city first started receiving vaccine doses in January. Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. 216493

If you’ve gotten your COVID-19 vaccine, here’s what you can do now under CDC’s new guidance

(Jennifer Luxton / The Seattle Times)

How to improve your mask’s protection against COVID-19: Do’s and don’ts

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