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January 27, 2021 9:10 PM Emily Oliver
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The surprise announcement came during a virtual Town Hall, which was open to the public.
One viewer asked how long it would be before Washington could move forward under Governor Inslee’s reopening plan. Specifically, he wanted to know if the metrics were achievable. To that, Billig responded,“There is going to be an announcement tomorrow [Thursday] by the governor, um to, adjust the metics. There will be some, um, additional flexibility.”
Washington may be relaxing some of its reopening metrics tomorrow.
In a Town Hall tonight, WA Senate Majority Leader Andy Billig said Governor Inslee is going to announce a change to the metrics & says there will be some additional flexibility.
More than 1,000 COVID-19 vaccines administered at Spokane Arena on opening day
January 28, 2021 10:33 AM Olivia Roberts
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SPOKANE, Wash. More than 1,000 people received a COVID-19 vaccine at the Spokane Arena by the end of its opening day Wednesday.
As of 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, only 350 shots had been administered. By the end of the day, 1, 164 had been given out.
Originally, CHAS Health expected to give out 500 vaccines per day. According to CHAS, technical difficulties early in the registration process contributed to more people having vaccination appointments than anticipated. CHAS said it was “committed to ensuring each person who had a vaccination appointment received their vaccination.”
All vaccine appointments at Spokane Arena have been booked, drive-thru testing suspended
January 27, 2021 10:53 AM Connor Sarles
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SPOKANE, Wash. The Spokane Arena vaccination site, which launched at 9.a.m Wednesday, has already been completely booked.
The site is being managed by CHAS Health, and the opening of the Arena vaccination site was marred with technical problems and delays despite this, around 3,000 appointments were scheduled.
CHAS Health also suspended drive-thru testing for the rest of the day.
The CHAS Health website shows that all appointments have been booked.
Appointments are expected to open on Monday, February 1. In the meantime, the Department of Health aims to launch another hotline to schedule vaccination appointments at the Spokane Arena, slated to go online by the end of the week.
SPOKANE, Wash. — The east region, as well as the seven other regions across Washington, will stay in Phase 1 of the “Healthy Washington” plan for until at least February 1. The State Department of Health said none of the regions are meeting the metrics required to advance to the next phase and the east region has actually seen its.