Resources for COVID-19

Currently in PHASE 2:

Ferry, Pend Oreille and Stevens Counties

Business sectors listed in Phase 2 may reopen only AFTER the state publishes its guidelines for the specific sector and an individual business can implement those guidelines.

Guidelines can be accessed at https://coronavirus.wa.gov/what-you-need-know/safe-start.

High-Risk Populations*	Continue to Stay Home, Stay Healthy
Recreation	Outdoor recreation involving 5 or fewer people outside your household (camping, beaches, etc.)
Gatherings (social, spiritual)	Gather with no more than 5 people outside your household per week
Travel	Essential travel and limited non-essential travel for Phase 1 & 2 permissible activities
Business/Employers	-Remaining manufacturing -Additional construction phases -In-home/domestic services (nannies, housecleaning, etc.) -Retail (in-store purchases allowed with restrictions) -Real estate -Professional services/office-based businesses (telework remains strongly encouraged) -Hair and nail salons/barbers -Pet grooming -Restaurants/taverns <50% capacity table size no larger than 5 (no bar area seating)

Safe Start Plan

Business Activity Guidelines

Phase 1:

Phase 2:

Additional guidance on voluntary contact information
Dine-in restaurants and taverns
Limited in-store retail operations
- Memo: Partially resuming limited in-store retail operations
Manufacturing facility COVID-19 requirements
- Memo: Resuming additional manufacturing operations
Personal Services (cosmetologists, hairstylists, barbers, estheticians, master estheticians, manicurists, nail salon workers, electrologists, permanent makeup artists, tattoo artists, cosmetology schools, and esthetics school)
- Memo: Resuming personal services
Professional Services (accountants, architects, attorneys, engineers, financial advisors, information technologists, insurance agents, and other professional service occupations)
- Memo: Resuming professional services
Outdoor Recreation
Outdoor Recreation- Golf
Construction
Professional Photography
Pet Grooming
- Memo: Resuming Pet Grooming
Fitness
Real Estate
Religious Service Guidance

^{* High-risk populations are currently defined by CDC as: persons 65 years of age and older; people with underlying medical conditions (particularly not well controlled) including people with chronic lung disease or moderate to severe asthma, people who have serious heart conditions, people who are immunocompromised, people with severe obesity, people with diabetes, people with chronic kidney disease and undergoing dialysis, and people with liver disease; people who live in a nursing home or long-term care facility.}

News

News Release - One New Positive COVID-19 Case Reported in Stevens County

05/28/2020

Northeast Tri County Health District (NETCHD) was notified today, May 28,...

News Release - What We Know About Phase 3

05/28/2020

Ferry, Pend Oreille, and Stevens Counties were approved to advance to Phase...

Open Letter To Our Communities

05/26/2020

Dr. Sam Artzis, MD, Health Officer for Northeast Tri County Health District...

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COVID-19 Contact Information

Contacts and Resources

Stevens County Emergency Management Call Center: 509-684-7563, open 9:00am - 4:00pm, Monday-Friday.
Pend Oreille County Emergency Management Call Center: 509-447-1988, open 9:00am - 3:00pm, Monday-Friday.
Washington State Department of Health Call Center: 1-800-525-0127, open 6:00am - 10pm, seven days a week.

Websites:

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Our care navigator will assist you with accessing treatment and comprehensive medical & social support resources.

For more information or assistance please contact our Care Navigator:

Makayla Nez

509-563-8025

mnez@netchd.org

What We Do!

Our Mission: Northeast Tri County Health District works with other entities to assess, protect, preserve and promote the health of the tri-county area and establishes local policy relating to populations based services in Ferry, Pend Oreille and Stevens Counties.

Emergency Planning & Response

In Person Services Closed at All Northeast Tri County Health District Offices

Due to increasing response efforts of combating the COVID-19 pandemic, Northeast Tri County Health District (NETCHD) is reorganizing all of its resources to better protect our communities. In accordance with the ongoing effort statewide to reduce the spread of COVID-19, businesses and organizations in our community are being required to ensure social distancing and other health measures in their operations. It is important that the Health District follow suit. In our efforts to reduce person-to-person contact and lessen the risk for staff and the public, our offices will be closed to in-person services. Click below for accommodations for services:

Birth and Death Certificates

Women Infant and Children Nutrition Program (WIC)

Safe Syringe Services Program (Needle Exchange)