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Coronavirus

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

People get vaccinated for COVID-19 at stations at the Community Vaccination Site at the Lumen Field Event Center in Seattle Wednesday, April 28, 2021. There are still several thousand first and second dose appointments available across the four City-affiliated vaccine sites this week, including the Lumen Field Event Center. 216999

Why officials are still 'hopeful' even as Washington remains in 4th COVID wave

FILE – In this file photo dated Wednesday, April 14, 2021, a pharmacist fills a syringe from a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Antwerp, Belgium. Moderna and vaccine promoter Gavi have announced Monday May 3, 2021, the pharmaceutical company will provide up to 500 million coronavirus vaccine doses for the U.N.-backed program for needy people in low- and middle-income countries by the end of 2022. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, FILE) WRC101 WRC101

This new COVID vaccine could bring hope to the unvaccinated world

Despite warnings from health officials, and urging by the University – including signs at all entrances – visitors flock to the cherry blossoms on the campus of the University of Washington Tuesday, March 30, 2021. 216764

UW says students need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by fall

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

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