Coronavirus

EVERETT - Some Everett businesses are learning they’ll have help making it through the pandemic thanks to federal dollars distributed by the city.The City of Everett is investing half a million dollars into local businesses impacted by COVID-19.These CARES grants will provide $10,000 to about 50 different small businesses.“I got it, you know.

COVID-19 is resurging in parts of the US and the death rate is still baffling many researchers. The virus has killed more than 413,000 people worldwide.

WASHINGTON - Speaking at a convention held by the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) on June 9, Dr.

SEATTLE -- The Woodland Park Zoo is getting ready to welcome back guests once again.The 92-acre zoo in Seattle has recently been approved to move ahead to Phase 2 under Gov.

Businesses are slowly dialing back in after state officials approved King County to enter a modified phase 1.

TACOMA -- With so many Washingtonians stuck at home in quarantine, The Pierce County Library System is making it easier for readers to access books online.

LOS ANGELES - The World Health Organization walked back on comments it had previously made regarding asymptomatic individuals and whether they greatly contribute to the spread of the novel coronavirus.On Monday, Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s technical lead on COVID-19, said she believes the spread of the coronavirus from people who are asymptomatic is “rare.”“From the data we have, it still seems to be rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a secondary individual,” said Van Kerkhove.These comments seemed to contradict previous research that indicated that individuals who contracted COVID-19 but exhibited none of the common symptoms were rapidly contributing to the high surge of infections.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention previously noted that some people who contract COVID-19 may not show any symptoms until 14 days after being infected.After Van Kerkhove claimed asymptomatic transmission was rare, she spoke on Tuesday, June 9 regarding her previous statement, calling it a “misunderstanding.

LYNNWOOD, Wash. -- Snohomish County's largest mall reopens at 11 a.m. Tuesday after three months of being closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.It's the first mall to reopen in Snohomish or King counties since the widespread closures began.

LONDON (AP) — The British government on Tuesday backed away from plans to have all primary school children return to school in England before the summer holidays, following concerns by principals that they could not meet coronavirus social distancing requirements if everyone returned.

As of June 8, there are more than 7 million people across the world confirmed to have COVID-19 and over 400,000 people have died from the novel coronavirus, according to the most recent data available from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.In the United States, nearly 2 million people are confirmed to have COVID-19 and over 110,000 have died after contracting the virus, according to Johns Hopkins’ data.

EDMONDS, Wash. -- Neon open signs are turned on at Auda's Barber Shop in Edmonds as Snohomish County enters Phase 2 of reopening."Oh, you don't believe how excited we are.