Grays Harbor Public Health COVID-19 response update
Grays Harbor County Public Health & Social Services Department
Case updates
Grays Harbor County continues to have 1 confirmed case of COVID-19. This case was identified on March 11, 2020.
Response efforts
Recent accomplishments
On Thursday, March 26 Grays Harbor Public Health was made aware of misinformation regarding the number of confirmed cases in our county being reported by The Weather Channel, at www.weather.com. Grays Harbor Public Health worked with The Weather Channel to correct this information.
The Grays Harbor Public Health website will always contain the most up-to-date information for number of confirmed cases. Please visit the site at healthygh.org/covid19 or call our call center at (360) 964-1850. The call center is staffed Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 4:00pm. You can also email the call center at covid19@co.grays-harbor.wa.us.
Grays Harbor County Public Health is continuing to make progress with a local isolation and quarantine plan.
Grays Harbor Public Health has made guidance documents available to a wide range of service providers, including healthcare providers and hospitals, schools, child care providers, long-term care facilities, and many others. These guidance documents are available on our website at http://www.healthygh.org/covid19guidance.
Current priorities
Grays Harbor Public Health is working with local agencies to develop plans and processes focused on the objectives of prevention, information, early identification, and mitigation.
Background
On March 14, 2020 Grays Harbor Public Health activated an incident management team to coordinate the local response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Under the direction of a policy group that includes local officials, medical and emergency response experts, and the Grays Harbor County Health Officer, the incident management team is using the best public health and medical science to control and mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic.
What people should do
Grays Harbor Public Health encourages every Grays Harbor County resident to do their part by following Governor Jay Inslee’s Stay Home, Stay Healthy order.
If you think you have COVID-19 or were exposed to COVID-19, you should contact your doctor and follow the isolation and quarantine guidance available on our website at
www.healthygh.org/s/COVID-19_IsolationQuarantineGuidance-eax7.pdf.
Where to get information
The incident management team will be working to get information out as it becomes available.
Residents can call the Grays Harbor Public Health COVID-19 call center at (360) 964-1850 for information about COVID-19. The number will be staffed by non-medical personnel from 8:30am- 4:00pm Monday through Friday.
Local information and resources related to COVID-19 are also available on our website at www.healthygh.org/covid19.