Health Advisory: COVID-19 updates for providers

Requested actions

• Continue to follow Grays Harbor County Health Order 2020-06

  • Health Order available at http://www.healthygh.org/covid19guidance

• Be aware that Washington State Department of Health’s new interim COVID-19 testing guidance for healthcare providers expands testing to all symptomatic and certain asymptomatic people. However, please continue to operate under Grays Harbor County Health Order 2020-06, issued April 23, until further notice. Local supply levels are not yet adequate to support unrestricted testing.

  • Washington State interim COVID-19 testing guidance for healthcare providers available at https://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/1600/coronavirus/Interim-2019NovelCoronavirusQuicksheetProviders.pdf

• Note that Washington State Secretary of Health, Dr. John Wiesman, has issued a call-to-action for health care providers and laboratories to support the rapid identification, investigation, isolation, and contact tracing of COVID-19 cases.

  • Call-to-action letter

• Complete a survey from Washington State Department of Health and Public Health – Seattle & King County for healthcare providers about access and barriers to SARS-CoV-2 testing. The results of the survey will help Public Health better understand access and barriers to testing in our community.

  • Survey available at https://redcap.iths.org/surveys/?s=FX8ATA7XLC

Situation update

Grays Harbor County has 12 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

• March 2020: 2 cases 

• April 2020: 10 cases

No additional cases of COVID-19 have been identified in Grays Harbor County since April 12. Grays Harbor Public Health Incident Management Team (IMT) remains prepared to respond if any additional cases are identified.

Additional resources

• Our web page for healthcare providers: http://www.healthygh.org/directory/providers

• Our web page for COVID-19 guidance: http://www.healthygh.org/covid19guidance

• Our web page for general COVID-19 information: http://www.healthygh.org/covid19