The City of Yakima has declared a\nstate of emergency due the presence of confirmed cases of COVID-19, commonly\nreferred to as coronavirus, in Yakima County. \nThe Yakima County Health District announced Wednesday night that the\nvirus has been confirmed to have infected two people in Yakima County. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The City Council has called a special meeting on Friday, March 13th<\/sup> at 4:00 pm in the Council Chambers at City Hall to ratify the\nemergency declaration signed by Mayor Patricia Byers today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe emergency declaration allows\nthe City to potentially be eligible for state and federal funding to help the\nCity cover costs associated with its response to the COVID-19 virus,\u201d said\nInterim City Manager Alex Meyerhoff. \n\u201cThe declaration also allows the City to call on additional resources if\nnecessary to respond to the effects of the virus on the community,\u201d said Meyerhoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The City has cancelled some\nevents at the Harman Senior Center and is considering additional cancellations\nat City facilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Yakima County Commission also\nissued a declaration of emergency during a special meeting today. The Yakima County Health District announced\nat the County Commission special meeting that it, too, has issued a declaration\nof emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Health District is encouraging community members are to continue to practice normal protective measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Staying home if you are sick and keeping sick children home from school<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Stay away from people who are sick<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Avoid visiting hospitals, long-term care facilities, nursing homes, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Limit interactions with others and practice social distancing<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Clean and disinfect frequently-touched objects and surfaces<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Call ahead before going to medical facilities \u2013 Do not go to the emergency room unless you are seriously ill <\/p>\n\n\n\n – Practice excellent personal hygiene, including washing hands with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds, coughing or sneezing into a tissue or elbow, avoid touching eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands <\/p>\n\n\n\n Additional information will be provided regarding the City\u2019s declaration of emergency as necessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The City of Yakima has declared a state of emergency due the presence of confirmed cases of COVID-19, commonly referred to as coronavirus, in Yakima County. The Yakima County Health District announced Wednesday night that the virus has been confirmed to have infected two people in Yakima County. The City Council has called a special<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[311,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-19","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8503,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8501\/revisions\/8503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}