Life Care Center of Kirkland to administer second vaccine doses as statewide rollout lags
Vaccination progressing, state addresses lag
The Life Care Center of Kirkland is administering the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to its patients and staff. Meanwhile, the state addresses the slow vaccine roll out after receiving public criticism. Since it first happened to now it seems like an eternity, said Nancy Butner, who managed the March 2020 Covid-19 outbreak at the facility last year.
Life Care Center was the nation s first epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly 40 residents died in the first month alone.
Butner is now the Northwest Division Vice President of Life Care Centers of America, and will also receive her second shot on Monday.
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Pierce County announces plan to create COVID-19 vaccination sites
Updated 11 a.m.
Pierce County is planning to create three mass COVID-19 vaccination sites and several mobile locations in an effort to swiftly roll out the vaccine when doses become available, according to a news release.
The county s Department of Emergency Management plans to have the sites up and running by the end of January, or as soon as the vaccine is available, the release says.