COVID-19 vaccinations begin for healthcare workers in Spokane, North Idaho Megan Carroll Replay Video Health care facilities in Spokane and North Idaho are beginning to administer COVID-19 vaccines to staff members. A transplant physician with Providence Health Care received the first coronavirus vaccine administered in Spokane County on Friday morning. Hundreds of staff members are also receiving the vaccine at Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene. Providence Executive Vice President and Regional Chief Executive Elaine Couture administered the vaccine to Dr. Okechukwu Ojogho, who spent his night shift performing a kidney and pancreas transplant beforehand. “As a physician and as a person of color, I’m very, very well aware of how this virus has devastated our community. This vaccine is really the ray of hope that’s going to lift our spirits and help us defeat this virus," Dr. Ojogho said before getting the shot, adding that he encourages everyone to get vaccinated.