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Vaccinations against the coronavirus are on track to begin at the Spokane Arena Wednesday morning.
The Community Health Association of Spokane, or CHAS, is the lead provider under the direction of Washington’s Department of Health and the Spokane Regional Health District.
“We have 3,000 Moderna vaccines we will be distributing through next Tuesday, and in the interim we anticipate reviving a secondary supply. We don t know what that allotment will be and exactly what date we will get those, said Kelley Charvet, CHAS s chief administrative officer.
Charvet says drive-up appointments won’t get you a shot. You must make an appointment first.
Contraception access has decreased during the pandemic, with nearly a third of women canceling or delaying doctors’ visits, according to a recent study, which has led state and local medical professionals to find new ways to ensure access, say industry observers. Prior studies also have shown that women are at a higher risk for unintended pregnancy during times of crisis, says Adrianne Moore, deputy director of quality improvement in Washington for Upstream, a nationwide nonprofit that partners with states to provide equitable access to reproductive health and contraception services. “Reproductive health care … is an essential form of health care, and there should be no barrier to health care in the middle of a pandemic,” Moore adds.