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June 1, 2021 5:25 PM Maher Kawash
Vaccinated Americans ditched the face mask and summer travel has already surged.
Now, Washington state is trying to make the comeback permanent, as soon as 70% of adults get that first shot of the vaccine.
Right now, that number sits at 63% across Washington, according to the State Department of Health, and Spokane is trying to reach that goal, too, as 50% of adults in the county already have one dose.
“I do believe Spokane county will get there, too,” said interim Health Officer Dr. Frank Velazquez. “Maybe a little later, maybe right in line with the 30th [of June], but it doesn’t really matter; as long as we get there.”
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The Health District s immunization program coordinator Kayla Myers said these low rates are likely due to vaccination hesitancy. What is happening right now is that we have vaccinated most of the people that want to be vaccinated right now, Myers said. I don t know if access is the problem because just us, as one provider, we re doing over 20 clinics a week and they re all mobile. So, they re all out in the community.
Myers adds in areas like Deer Park, there are four clinics or pharmacies offering vaccines that always have appointments available. She also noticed a pattern where zip codes with higher vaccinations rates have more pharmacies compared to areas with low vaccination rates.
A child younger than 10 who died of COVID-19 in Spokane County last week is the youngest person in the region to die of the disease, health officials told The Spokesman-Review.
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In early April, the number of Washington long-term care facilities reporting at least one active COVID-19 case reached its lowest point in a year, since the start of the pandemic. It was 115 facilities, down fivefold from a peak of nearly 600 this January.