PeaceHealth administers first doses of COVID-19 vaccine in Clark County
Published: December 16, 2020, 6:30pm
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4 Photos PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center administered the first COVID-19 vaccines in Clark County today. (Courtesy of PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center) Photo Gallery
A prick in a right arm, then a round of applause.
It only took Schaeffer Seabrook seconds to get a COVID-19 vaccination, but she’ll forever be the first person in Clark County inoculated for the virus.
Seabrook, a registered nurse at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, grasped the gravity of her vaccination, which arrived minutes after 9 a.m. Wednesday morning in the health education center on the Southwest campus.
COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Clark County this week
Published: December 14, 2020, 5:02pm
Share: University of Washington Medical Center Pharmacy Manager Christine Meyer puts a tray of doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine into the deep freeze after the vaccine arrived Monday at the University of Washington Medical Center s Montlake campus in Seattle. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times)
Cities across the United States started vaccinating people for coronavirus on Monday, but it will be a little longer before injections begin in Clark County.
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center is expecting to receive several thousand doses of the vaccine as early as Tuesday. The plan is to start injecting front-line staff at the hospital as early as Wednesday.
Washington prepares to vaccinate as first shipment set to arrive Monday
Washington, Oregon, California and Nevada did their own evaluation of the vaccine and confirmed that the vaccine is safe and effective. Author: Tim Gordon Updated: 12:36 AM PST December 14, 2020
OLYMPIA, Wash. Governor Jay Inslee said Washington is ready to go, as the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine is being shipped to the state.
“There will be an end to this turmoil and this trauma and this challenge, we know there will be an end because we know that this vaccine is going to work,” said Inslee at a news conference on Sunday.