Many residents and staff at senior and assisted living facilities in Moscow and Pullman have either received or are scheduled this month to receive their first COVID-19 vaccination.
The vaccine is not mandatory, so residents and staff can choose not to get vaccinated. Officials at local facilities that have already administered the vaccine said most residents and employees opted to get it and had no severe reactions.
In Moscow, the vaccine was administered Saturday to Good Samaritan Society assisted living and skilled nursing residents as well as some staff and independent residents, said Tammie Poe, director of sales and marketing at GSS.