— from Brendan Cowan for SJC Department of Emergency Management —

In order to help directly answer community concerns, San Juan County will release its next COVID-19 video community update to the public on Thursday, March 19th at 5:00 p.m. Our latest question and answer session will be recorded rather than live as our previous livestream (on March 9) was so heavily subscribed some had issues accessing the stream.

You can submit a question for this video update HERE.

The video will be posted HERE once uploaded. Or you may access it from a link on the County COVID-19 page.

Links to the recording of our previous livestream and many other documents, such as FAQs, updated statistics, and Spanish language resources are found HERE.

San Juan County health officials remind everyone that if you feel sick and have mild symptoms, stay home. If you feel you have more serious symptoms or if you are at risk for severe illness, stay home and call your health provider. Do not report to a clinic or to the hospital without calling first. Follow your doctor or health professional’s direction. If you feel the situation is urgent and life threatening, call 911.

For those with Facebook, please follow the San Juan County Health and Community Services Facebook page. We have a hotline at 360-370-7500, and the website is regularly updated.

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