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New COVID-19 safety guidance released after multi-county outbreak linked to high school wrestling tournaments > Washington State Department of Health
For immediate release: December 17, 2021 (21-250)Spanish Contact: DOH Communications Public inquiries: State COVID-19 Information Hotline, 1-800-525-0127 New COVID-19 safety guidance released after multi-county outbreak linked to high school wrestling tournaments OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH), is updating the health and safety requirements for high contact indoor sports in the wake of a multi-school, multi-county outbreak. The outbreaks are linked to a series of wrestling tournaments held in early December and are linked to an estimated 200 COVID-19 cases. Genomic sequencing recently confirmed at least three cases are omicron. DOH takes these outbreaks very seriously and is changing the existing guidance by adding the following health and safety…