Due to hazardous levels of wildfire smoke in our community, the Yakima Health District will not be distributing at-home test kits today, Tuesday, as previously planned. We will continue to monitor air conditions throughout the week and provide updates as needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Right now, everyone should take precautions against the smoke, especially infants, children, adults over the age of 65, and individuals with lung or heart disease or those with chronic health conditions and COVID-19. Inhaling harmful smoke can cause throat and sinus irritation, wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, and can worsen some medical conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Follow these steps to reduce your exposure to wildfire smoke:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Stay inside if possible. Keep windows and doors closed. \u2022 Set your air conditioner on recirculate \u2022 Use an air cleaner with a HEPA filter \u2022 Do not use candles, incense, fireplaces, or gas stoves \u2022 If you have heart or lung disease, follow your healthcare provider\u2019s advice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Individuals needing to get tested for COVID-19 may contact their primary care provider to discuss testing options. If you do not have a provider, you can call 2-1-1 for help with obtaining a provider. Local COVID-19 testing sites can be found on the Yakima Health District\u2019s testing site webpage as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Due to hazardous levels of wildfire smoke in our community, the Yakima Health District will not be distributing at-home test kits today, Tuesday, as previously planned. We will continue to monitor air conditions throughout the week and provide updates as needed. Right now, everyone should take precautions against the smoke, especially infants, children, adults over<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[311,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9591","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\/9591","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9591"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9594,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9591\/revisions\/9594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}