Here s how you can schedule your COVID-19 vaccine this week
The Olympian 1/22/2021 Martín Bilbao, The Olympian (Olympia, Wash.)
Jan. 20 Eligible Thurston County residents can now sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at local clinics that will run from Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 21-23.
The clinics will administer vaccines to those who quality under Phase 1A or Phase 1B Tier 1 of the statewide vaccine roll-out plan, according to news releases from Providence Southwest Washington and Thurston County Public Health and Social Services. We know many more people are now eligible and seeking locations to get the vaccine, said department director Schelli Slaughter. We are excited to help connect those who qualify now to available vaccine and we are grateful to our partner providers for their incredible work in standing up clinics so quickly.
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At Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, nurses with desk jobs are being told to prepare to come back to the front lines, and elective surgeries and procedures are once again being put on hold.
The desperate measures come amidst an ongoing spike in coronavirus cases in the community and as the hospital prepares for a post-Thanksgiving surge of COVID-19 patients.
“Unfortunately, I think within the next week it’s going to be a significant rise in COVID-19,” said Dr. Kevin Caserta, the chief medical officer for Providence SW Washington.
Already, the two hospitals Caserta oversees, St. Peter and Providence Centralia, have seen a near doubling of COVID patients over the past six to eight weeks – from roughly 25 to nearly 50 today.
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At Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, nurses with desk jobs are being told to prepare to come back to the front lines, and elective surgeries and procedures are once again being put on hold.
The desperate measures come amidst an ongoing spike in coronavirus cases in the community and as the hospital prepares for a post-Thanksgiving surge of COVID-19 patients.
“Unfortunately, I think within the next week it’s going to be a significant rise in COVID-19,” said Dr. Kevin Caserta, the chief medical officer for Providence SW Washington.
Already, the two hospitals Caserta oversees, St. Peter and Providence Centralia, have seen a near doubling of COVID patients over the past six to eight weeks – from roughly 25 to nearly 50 today.