Health officials in Walla Walla and Umatilla counties offered what clarification they could about vaccination for COVID-19 in Monday morning county commissioner meetings.
Department of Community Health Director Nancy Wenzel told Walla Walla County officials her office will not be getting any doses of vaccine at this time.
All initial vials of Pfizerâs vaccine, approved by the federal government on Friday and by Washington state on Sunday, will head right to Providence St. Mary Medical Center, Wenzel said.
How and when it will be dispensed in Walla Walla County is still being determined, but the promise of it coming, along with some new hires in public health, feels like a light at the end of the tunnel, Wenzel said.