According to WSDOH, they claim a lot of unknowns. This second strain came from South Africa, the first 'strain' from the UK. That was the one that allegedly spread faster and more easily, but otherwise was not vastly different than original.
According to Inslee's press conference earlier this week, the pilot testing program will now be expanded to 50 Districts, some reports say 48. Pasco will be one of them.
Friday, March 13, the Kennewick School District released the following statement. We reprint it in it's entirety:
"Benton-Franklin Health District is not recommending school closures or cancellations of events for the general public...
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