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Vaccinations against the coronavirus are on track to begin at the Spokane Arena Wednesday morning.
The Community Health Association of Spokane, or CHAS, is the lead provider under the direction of Washington’s Department of Health and the Spokane Regional Health District.
“We have 3,000 Moderna vaccines we will be distributing through next Tuesday, and in the interim we anticipate reviving a secondary supply. We don t know what that allotment will be and exactly what date we will get those, said Kelley Charvet, CHAS s chief administrative officer.
Charvet says drive-up appointments won’t get you a shot. You must make an appointment first.
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January 25, 2021 3:38 PM Connor Sarles
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SPOKANE, Wash. Spokane County on Monday had the fewest COVID-19 infections since late October.
The Spokane Regional Health District reported 63 new cases, the fewest since October 26 when 50 people tested positive for the virus. Shortly after then, infections started spiraling up nationwide.
As of Monday, 32,965 people have contracted the coronavirus in Spokane County, and 478 people have died.
Currently, 105 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.
Courtesy of Spokane Regional Health District
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Bill to change composition of public health boards receives strong support in public hearing By Laurel Demkovich, The Spokesman-Review
Published: January 26, 2021, 9:18am
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Jan. 26–OLYMPIA Local public health boards may become a little less political if a bill sponsored by Spokane Rep. Marcus Riccelli passes the state Legislature.
A bill that would require local public health boards to include a majority of nonelected members received its first public hearing on Monday, with many supporters of the bill citing the firing of former Spokane County Health Officer Dr. Bob Lutz as the reason for needing a change.
“When politics affects public health, we have problems,” Riccelli told the House Health Care and Wellness Committee.
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Spokane’s mass Covid vaccination site is scheduled to open Wednesday at the Arena. It will be operated by CHAS Health, which has been operating a testing site in the facility’s parking lot.
The clinic is a response to a request by Washington state officials to open a place big enough to vaccinate large numbers of people at one time.
The caveat is that there are enough doses available. That’s not a sure thing. A CHAS spokeswoman said on Friday that the agency had not yet received the vaccine for Wednesday’s event. CHAS says people who want to be inoculated will have to register that morning on its website for an appointment. There will be no “show up and get your shot” option. They say more details will be available on Tuesday.
Eleven more people have died from COVID-19 in Spokane County since health officials last reported, according to an update from the Spokane Regional Health District on Thursday.