COVID-19 vaccine available to Clark County 12- to 15-year-olds
Published: May 13, 2021, 10:46am
Share: Jane Ellen Norman, 12, holds vaccination cards for her and her 14-year-old brother Owen outside Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The two were vaccinated Tuesday morning, after U.S. regulators expanded use of Pfizer s COVID-19 shot to those as young as 12. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
Some Clark County vaccination locations have begun offering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to those ages 12 to 15 after an independent committee of experts advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met Wednesday and voted to recommend the vaccine for children.
The Food and Drug Administration gave emergency authorization for use of the Pfizer vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds on Monday. The decision is expected to cover an estimated 378,000 minors in Washington, and about 17 million minors nationwide.
Clark County providers to receive thousands of vaccine doses by next week
Published: February 26, 2021, 6:55pm
Share: Residents and staff at Van Mall Retirement received their COVID-19 vaccinations on Friday afternoon, January 22, 2021. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
After weeks of smaller COVID-19 vaccine allocations from the state, thousands of vaccine doses are on their way to Clark County to make up for disparities that have existed in the state’s initial rollout.
A data analysis provided to The Columbian Tuesday night made the disparity public and has since put pressure on Gov. Jay Inslee and the state Department of Health to make up for it.
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.