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
The United States started on Monday to administer the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines to people in long-term care facilities (LTCF), who have been hit hard by the virus since the beginning of the pandemic.