Teh One Who Knocks
06-25-2020, 10:59 AM
by Bryan Brammer - Disrn
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday announced that all residents will now be required to wear a face mask and that "willful violation to this order is tantamount to a misdemeanor."
The governor said the new mandate will go into effect June 26 and will apply to individuals and businesses across the state.
The decision to mandate wearing masks came after Yakima County, which is located southeast of Seattle, reported it "had no intensive care or non-intensive care beds available" at Virginia Mason Memorial Hospital.
"The health care system, because of COVID-19 infections, is so stressed, that there is no room at the hospital in Yakima County. There are no rooms available to people for this treatment in Yakima County," Inslee said. "That means that patients are having to be shipped by ambulance outside of Yakima County to Seattle and other places. We do not want to see that condition spread across the state of Washington."
Inslee also said that two other counties are already seeing "steady, rapid increase in hospitalizations" due to coronavirus. If the rate of infection continues, hospitals "will exceed capacity quickly," he added.
As of Tuesday, there are more 28,870 confirmed cases of coronavirus and more than 4,000 hospitalizations in Washington.
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday announced that all residents will now be required to wear a face mask and that "willful violation to this order is tantamount to a misdemeanor."
The governor said the new mandate will go into effect June 26 and will apply to individuals and businesses across the state.
The decision to mandate wearing masks came after Yakima County, which is located southeast of Seattle, reported it "had no intensive care or non-intensive care beds available" at Virginia Mason Memorial Hospital.
"The health care system, because of COVID-19 infections, is so stressed, that there is no room at the hospital in Yakima County. There are no rooms available to people for this treatment in Yakima County," Inslee said. "That means that patients are having to be shipped by ambulance outside of Yakima County to Seattle and other places. We do not want to see that condition spread across the state of Washington."
Inslee also said that two other counties are already seeing "steady, rapid increase in hospitalizations" due to coronavirus. If the rate of infection continues, hospitals "will exceed capacity quickly," he added.
As of Tuesday, there are more 28,870 confirmed cases of coronavirus and more than 4,000 hospitalizations in Washington.