State expects roughly 70,000 fewer COVID-19 vaccines this month
State expects roughly 70,000 fewer COVID-19 vaccines this month
With roughly 500,000 Washingtonians believed to be in the first vaccine priority group, the state estimates it’ll be the end of January before it gets to vaccinating the next in line, a category yet to be decided.
SEATTLE - After a federal mix-up, state health officials revealed Wednesday they expect roughly 70,000 fewer vaccines to be delivered in December than originally anticipated.
With emergency authorizations expected for Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, Operation Warp Speed had given the state health department estimated deliveries of both that numbered more than 400,000 doses in December. Then it abruptly changed.
Clark County nears 2,000 known COVID-19 vaccinations
‘Willingness of folks to get vaccine seems extremely high,’ health official says
Published: December 23, 2020, 4:12pm
Share: A vial with the COVID-19 vaccine is pictured at PeaceHealth Urgent Care Memorial on Tuesday morning. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Between COVID-19 vaccinations and hospitalizations, Clark County is seeing some encouraging signs to end a bleak year.
During a Wednesday press briefing, PeaceHealth Southwest Chief Medical Officer Dr. Lawrence Neville said that in the first four days of the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccination clinics, which began last week, the hospital was able to vaccinate more than 1,600 staff with the first of two doses.
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PeaceHealth St. John caregivers wait to receive COVID-19 vaccinations during the first day of administration in Cowlitz County at the hospital in Longview Thursday morning. Courtney Talak
Pharmacist Liz Verbrugge prepares a syringe for injection of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during the first day of administration in Cowlitz County at PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center in Longview on Dec. 17, 2020. Courtney Talak
PeaceHealth St. John pharmacist Liz Verbrugge prepares a syringe for injection of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during the first day of administration in Cowlitz County at the hospital in Longview Thursday morning. Courtney Talak
PeaceHealth St. John nurse Leah McElyea, left, administers the first COVID-19 vaccination in Cowlitz County to registered nurse Ellen Gray at the hospital in Longview on Dec. 17.
Man accused in Orchards-area stabbing over loud music
Victim was treated at hospital for wound to his neck By Jerzy Shedlock, Columbian Breaking News Reporter
Published: December 15, 2020, 3:42pm
Share: The Clark County Courthouse. (The Columbian files)
A 56-year-old man appeared Monday in Clark County Superior Court for allegedly stabbing an acquaintance in the neck while fighting over loud music.
Adam J. Dudash has been jailed on suspicion of first-degree assault. Judge Daniel Stahnke set Dudash’s bail at $25,000. An arraignment hearing is scheduled for Dec. 23.
Court records do not list an address for Dudash but note he was born in Lorain, Ohio.
PeaceHealth to livestream Clark County’s first COVID-19 vaccinations Wednesday
Published: December 15, 2020, 7:05pm
Share: Amy Fry, left, a nurse in the COVID ICU at Harborview Medical Center, holds up her sleeve to receive the first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination at UW Medicine from registered nurse Allison Miller, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center will administer the first COVID-19 vaccinations in Clark County Wednesday.
The vaccine will be given to PeaceHealth Southwest staff who are working with patients who have tested positive for COVID-19. In a news release Tuesday afternoon, PeaceHealth Southwest said it has received 4,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.