COVID-19 vaccine distributed at LifeCare Center, the epicenter of local cases last spring Patrick Quinn and Denise Whitaker, KOMO News reporters
COVID-19 vaccine distributed at LifeCare Center, the epicenter of local cases last spring
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Workers and residents at LifeCare Center in Kirkland on Monday began receiving their initial doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, several months after the long-term care center became the first place in the U.S. to report a death from coronavirus.
Employees at the center received the first doses of the vaccine, which was approved and shipped in near-record time for the U.S. pharmaceutical industry, a testament to how COVID-19 has upended life in the state, the nation and around the world..