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JANUARY 6, 2020
VOL. 102, NO. 1
FEATURED STORIES
Bayview adds surface tests to COVID-19 prevention
DR. UNIVERSE
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FALLING AWAKE
By Jessica Keller
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QA&Mag News editor
Along with regularly monitoring residents and staff for COVID-19 symptoms, Bayview in Queen Anne has added environmental testing as another way to keep the virus from breaking out and spreading in the continuouscare facility. Bayview in contracting with Enviral Tech, a virus-testing company based out of Eugene, Oregon, to test surfaces for COVID-19. Enviral Tech started in March of 2020 with the purpose of offering management at longterm care communities, schools and businesses a way to detect whether COVID-19 has been introduced into their facilities, according to its website. Bayview CEO Nancy Wein-
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Photo courtesy of Bayview Bayview maintenance director Marty Bradbury swabs a push bar on a door for COVID-19 virus cells during a surface test of common touch points in different areas of Bayview recently. Bayview has contracted with Enviral Tech, a start-up company based in Eugene, Oregon, which provides surface environment testing for long-term care communities, nursing homes, schools and businesses SEE TESTING, PAGE 2 as a way to detect COVID-19 in facilities.
Latest federal COVID package offers minimal relief to King County depts By Jessica Keller
QA&Mag News editor While she is pleased the $900 billion federal COVID-19 relief bill passed after weeks of negotiations, King County Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles is concerned, without additional federal help, King County still faces a rough year ahead financially. Among the highlights of the COVID-19 package Congress recently approved and President Donald Trump signed off on are up to $600 in stimulus money to
individuals; an additional $300 per week of unemployment benefits through March 14, including coverage for gig workers and the self-employed; and an additional $284 billion for Paycheck Protection Program loans to first- and second-time recipients, including eligibility to 501(c)(6) organizations. Unlike the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, which President Donald Trump signed in March of 2020, however, the latest package does not provide signifi-
cant new funding for states, county and cities hurting financially because of the coronavirus pandemic Jeanne and the Kohl-Welles resulting recession. In the final agreement reached, funding
that would benefit local budgets was mostly slashed. “We were concerned that that would likely happen,” KohlWelles said. She said County Council members will receive an indepth breakdown of funding provided in the approximately $2 trillion federal COVID relief and omnibus bill and packages in the coming weeks, but it appears funding will be allocated by bypassing county and local governments. As well,
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