CDC Recommendation

1. Local Health Officer Outdoor and Indoor Masking Orders

Effective September 7, 2021, masks are required for everyone ages 5+ (both vaccinated and unvaccinated) at outdoors events with 500 or more people in attendance.

1. Outdoor mask order Q&A (attached to this email)

Suggested answers to anticipated questions from the community about the mask order.

1. Outdoor mask order slide deck (attached to this email)

Provides information about the mask order and why it is needed. Translations will be posted soon to the Current COVID-19 guidance in King County page.

1. Public Health Insider: Masks required at large outdoor gatherings in King County, strongly recommended in other outdoor settings

2. Web update + new header: Current COVID-19 guidance in King County

This new header replaces the previous header ‘Safe Reopening’, and this page will be used to share the latest COVID-19 guidance and policy updates going forward. The page has been updated to reflect the outdoor mask order while removing outdated information. The Masking guidance page and several other pages referencing mask requirements have also been updated with these changes.

3. Social Media:

• Masks now required at any outdoor event with 500+ people (slide deck)

The latest Delta-driven surge in cases is taking a heavy toll on hospital capacity and hospitals are more crowded than at any point since the pandemic began.

• Outdoor mask order (links to blog post)

We know that outdoors is much safer than indoors. However, the virus that causes COVID-19 can still sometimes spread outdoors, especially in large groups where physical distancing is difficult.

• COVID-19 vaccination events this week, September 3-7

Get your COVID-19 vaccine FREE this weekend at a Community Vaccination Event happening in King County near you.

Below please see a flier for a new, recurring community vaccination event in Tukwila.

1. When = Every Wednesday
2. Time = 3:00pm-6:00pm
3. From = September 1 – October 27^th
4. Where = Sullivan Center at Tukwila Village
   1. 14350 Tukwila International Blvd, Tukwila, WA, 98168
5. Language Access is currently working on other languages for translation. Additional requests have already been made.

Please see links, PowerPoints, Q & A’s on the booster, and resources from the last PH Partnership call. This is also a reminder that our next meeting is this coming Monday, September 27^th 4-5pm.

Recordings from the call.

1. 9/13/2021 Monday PH Partnership Meeting: Full meeting
2. 9/13/2021 Monday PH Partnership Meeting: Francesca Holmes vaccine verification process
3. 9/13/2021 Monday PH Partnership Meeting: Sara Rigel back to school updates
4. 9/13/2021 Monday PH Partnership Meeting: Debra Berlina School vaccinations

1. Social Media:

• COVID-19 booster shots are not available to the public yet

An expert panel recommended boosters for limited groups on Friday, September 17, but CDC must still weigh in before they can be given. Until then, only people with significantly compromised immune systems have been advised to get a third dose of Pfizer/Moderna.

• COVID-19 pop-up vaccination events: September 22-25

For event times and details go to: kingcounty.gov/vaccine/schedule.

• Video interview: COVID-19 Q&A –  Return to school

Community navigators Vicky Navarro and Juan Fernando Luna talk with primary care physician Dr. Heather Flynn about safety measures and guidelines in schools and more