Seattle ends COVID-19 emergency mandates aligning with state orders

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced Tuesday that the city would be ending all emergency proclamations issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, just in time for Halloween.

Harrell said in a statement the city will lift its remaining emergency orders to align with Gov. Jay Inslee’s decision to end the statewide state of emergency on Oct. 31.

WA’s COVID-19 state of emergency to end by Oct. 31, according to Gov. Inslee

Washington was the first state in the U.S. with a reported case of COVID-19, causing Inslee to enact emergency measures. Over the course of the pandemic, Washington has the fifth-lowest death rate in the U.S., trailing

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