An outbreak of COVID-19 spread to 30 patients in the past week at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, according to a news release from PeaceHealth on Friday evening.
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PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Chief Medical Officer Lawrence Neville is hopeful that the administration of the first vaccines are âthe beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.âÂ
The hospital leader, who also serves as chief medical officer for PeaceHealth St. John in Longview, noted that the hospitals have been a forward staging area for the vaccine developed by Pfizer, with first vaccinations administered Dec. 16 for high-risk caregivers.Â
Neville said PeaceHealth initially received 3,900 doses of the vaccine, of which 1,600 were administered in the first four days at PeaceHealth Southwest and close to 600 at PeaceHealth St. John. He said there were 3,400 caregivers who qualified for the highest priority of the vaccine at PeaceHealth Southwest, alongside about 900 physicians. The initial shipment of the Pfizer vaccine would get the hospital close but not completely to the level of vaccination for all of those individuals, which made the prospect of rec
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Published: December 23, 2020, 4:12pm
Share: A vial with the COVID-19 vaccine is pictured at PeaceHealth Urgent Care Memorial on Tuesday morning. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Between COVID-19 vaccinations and hospitalizations, Clark County is seeing some encouraging signs to end a bleak year.
During a Wednesday press briefing, PeaceHealth Southwest Chief Medical Officer Dr. Lawrence Neville said that in the first four days of the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccination clinics, which began last week, the hospital was able to vaccinate more than 1,600 staff with the first of two doses.
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