Spokane Arena may soon turn into large-scale vaccination site
January 12, 2021 4:17 PM Connor Sarles
SPOKANE, Wash. Spokane Regional Health District has administered 1,400 COVID vaccines so far, with plans to turn testing testing sites into vaccination sites.
The Washington State Department of Health is working to get a “vaccine finder” program rolling, which would report how many doses are in inventory across the state.
In the meantime, the Health District is coordinating with CHAS Health in transitioning testing lanes into large-scale vaccination sites including the one at the Spokane Arena. Officials say that plenty of space would need to be available for this kind of operation, and they are still working out the logistics.
City of Seattle approved to administer COVID vaccine to residents, workers January 12, 2021 at 2:56 pm
Alice Cortez, nurse manager at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, receives a COVID-19 vaccine from CVS pharmacist Matt Talavera on Dec. 28, 2020 in Kirkland, Washington. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)
The Washington State Department of Health has approved the City of Seattle to be a COVID-19 vaccine distributor, which means that the city will receive weekly shipments from the DOH and can administer it to residents and workers in Seattle.
“We know that Seattle’s road to reopening and economic recovery starts with vaccinations, and today is the first step in the City’s efforts to significantly increase the vaccination rate and ensure the vaccine is easy and accessible to our City’s workers and residents,” Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said. “Even as more of us begin to get vaccinated, we’ll need to continue wearing masks, practicing social distan
Latah and Whitman county health officials reported 37 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, with the vast majority located on the Idaho side of the border.
With contact tracing resources stretched, state adjusts Whatcom s COVID case total down 18
The Bellingham Herald 1/13/2021 David Rasbach, The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.)
Jan. 13 Whatcom s total of confirmed COVID-19 cases was adjusted down by 18 cases, the Washington State Department of Health reported Tuesday, Jan. 12. The state also reported no new related deaths since Friday.
Overall, Whatcom County has seen 4,343 confirmed cases and 56 related deaths during the pandemic, according to state data as of 11:59 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11. That means that 1.3% of the Whatcom residents who have tested positive for COVID during the pandemic have died.
Fourteen additional probable cases an increase of two from Monday s report have been reported in Whatcom County during the pandemic, resulting from positive antigen tests, but those cases were not confirmed by a molecular test.