May 29 Pierce County next month will start to wind down some of its COVID-19 vaccine work in response to lower demand. On Friday, Mike Halliday, public information specialist for the county's Department of Emergency Management, told The News Tribune that the department would be "reducing some of the limited duration COVID-19 workforce at a rate appropriate with the reduced demand for .
Washington officials hopeful COVID-19 vaccination rates will allow for early reopening
If more than 70% of those 16 and older receive at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, the state could fully reopen. Vaccinations are currently at nearly 60%. Author: Drew Mikkelsen Updated: 6:43 PM PDT May 24, 2021
TACOMA, Wash. Gov. Jay Inslee said Washington state should be able to fully reopen June 30, or sooner, if more than 70% of those 16 and older receive at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
“DOH is hopeful that we’ll reach the 70% vaccination goal,” said Washington State Department of Health (DOH) spokesperson Julie Grauert on Monday.
According to data from the DOH, last updated May 19, approximately 60% of those 16 and older have received at least one dose of the vaccine. Those numbers are expected to be updated late Monday, Grauert said.
Health director says he was attacked in Tacoma By Associated Press
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TACOMA The director of the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, an Asian man, says he was attacked on a footbridge in Tacoma.
The News Tribune reports that Dr. Anthony Chen said he doesn’t think the assault in Tacoma, Washington, was connected to his ethnicity, but it comes at a time of increased concern about violence directed toward Asians in the United States.
In a blog posted Friday afternoon, Chen wrote, “Early Wednesday morning, as I walked across the Chihuly Bridge of Glass in Tacoma, a man whom I had never met, attacked me.”