Inslee says no to Pierce County s request for more COVID-19 vaccine doses
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 7 hrs ago Josephine Peterson, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Apr. 15 Gov. Jay Inslee has denied Pierce County s request to receive a boost in COVID-19 vaccines.
Inslee sent a letter Tuesday responding to Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier s request for 55,000 vaccine doses to catch up to the state average immunization rate.
The governor wrote there have been misunderstandings and misrepresentations about the vaccine allocations to Pierce County, but he also pointed out that the state has been giving more doses of vaccine than requested to the county in recent weeks.
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