Top 10 stories of 2020: Pandemic, shootings, wildfires hit Clark County by The Columbian
The SARS-COV-2 virus is incredibly small, but the reverberations of its impact on humanity dominated the events of 2020 and will linger for years.
There was never any question that the novel coronavirus pandemic is The Columbian’s and the world’s top story of 2020.
Clark County’s first case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, was reported on March 7. Since then, it has sickened more than 12,000 people and taken the lives of more than 135 people.
It has shuttered businesses, reinvented learning and upended nearly every aspect of Clark County life.
Clark County COVID-19 vaccine rollout takes first steps down long, critical road
High vaccine uptake, prevailing against misinformation necessary if residents want a return to normalcy by summer or fall, health officials say
Published: December 17, 2020, 9:16pm
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5 Photos Veterans Lawrence Doyle, from left, John Stephens and James Curry receive a round of applause after getting their COVID-19 vaccinations at the Community Living Center on the Veterans Affairs campus Thursday morning. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery
When Michelle Finucane injected Schaeffer Seabrook with a COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday morning at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, it marked the beginning of an enormous public health undertaking to protect Clark County residents from coronavirus, and return life to normal.