UpdatedThu, Dec 17, 2020 at 12:35 pm PT
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Allison Miller, a nurse, prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccine at the University Of Washington Medical Center on Dec. 15, 2020 in Seattle. (David Ryder/Getty Images)
SEATTLE Washington s vaccine deliveries will be cut by 40 percent next week, in a move that prompted swift criticism from Gov. Jay Inslee. The governor said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention informed Washington and other states of the cuts on Thursday without explaining why. This is disruptive and frustrating, Inslee tweeted. We need accurate, predictable numbers to plan and ensure on-the-ground success.
The state Department of Health had expected 74,100 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine next week and 85,800 doses the week of Dec. 29.
Amy Fry, a nurse in Seattle, was the first to receive Washington’s COVID-19 vaccine.
As that shot went in and out of her arm, another feeling rushed through the UW Medicine nurse; a feeling we’ve all been longing for.
“I feel excited, and for the first time in a while, I feel hope,” Fry said.
Some healthcare workers and first responders in Seattle joined Fry in kicking off the state’s vaccine campaign Tuesday morning at the University of Washington Medical Center.
“Oh my goodness sake this feels amazing,” Fetya Omer of UW Medicine said. “We’ve been waiting for this for a very long time, so this feels wonderful.”
By GENE JOHNSON
Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) With a quick, painless shot in the arm, health care workers in Washington began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, marking a turning point 10 months after the state confronted the first U.S. outbreak of the virus.
“For the first time in a while, I feel hope,” University of Washington Medical Center nurse Amy Fry said after becoming the first worker there to be vaccinated. “It s been a long, exhausting road.”
By Gene Johnson Associated Press
SEATTLE – With a quick shot in the arm, health care workers in Washington began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, marking a turning point 10 months after the state confronted the first U.S. outbreak of the virus.
“For the first time in a while, I feel hope,” University of Washington Medical Center nurse Amy Fry said after becoming the first worker there to be vaccinated. “It’s been a long, exhausting road.”
Frontline health-care workers and residents of long-term care facilities are being prioritized as part of an effort to quickly inoculate those most at risk during the pandemic. It will be months before the vaccine is available to much of the broader population.
âI feel hope:â Nurse among first to get COVID-19 vaccine in Washington state
By Gene Johnson
Nurse among 1st to get vaccine in Washington
Frontline health-care workers and residents of long-term care facilities are being prioritized as part of an effort to quickly inoculate those most at risk during the pandemic.
SEATTLE - With a quick, painless shot in the arm, health care workers in Washington began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, marking a turning point 10 months after the state confronted the first U.S. outbreak of the virus.
“For the first time in a while, I feel hope,” University of Washington Medical Center nurse Amy Fry said after becoming the first worker there to be vaccinated. “It’s been a long, exhausting road.”