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The State Department of Health is changing the distribution model for COVID-19 vaccines from a population-based model to more of an on demand model. Governor Jay Inslee said, "We are seeing different demand rates from counties based on various reasons in the county ...

The mass vaccination site at the Town Toyota Center provided 30,978 doses last week according to numbers released by the state Department of Health. All four sites in Washington have issued more than 130,000 shots in arms with availability expected to increase in the coming weeks ...

More than two million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have now been administered by health care providers since the rollout began in mid-December. According to the Washington State Department of Health, almost 1,400 provider facilities have been enrolled to give COVID-19 vaccine ...

The State Department of Health says the mass vaccination site at the Town Toyota Center, along with sites in the Tri-Cities, Ridgefield and Spokane will focus on second doses beginning this week. So far, there have been 9,678 first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine issued in Wenatchee which requires a booster shot three weeks later ...

The Washington State Department of Health is telling potential vaccine tourists to stay home. The agency says mass vaccination clinics in Ridgefield, Spokane, Kennewick, and Wenatchee are only administering the vaccine to people who live or work in Washington ...

The Washington State Health Department has announced an accelerated timeline to move into the next phase of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Assistant Secretary Michelle Roberts says more than 201,000 doses have distributed. "This week we're working on moving vaccine around the state to make sure it is in the right place as we ask the remaining healthcare workers to come forward ...

The Washington State Department of Health says that all eight regions will begin in Phase 1 of the new Healthy Washington, Roadmap to Recovery plan when it goes into effect Monday. The new plan combines multiple counties together into regions, such as the North Central region with Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan Counties ...

The State Department of Health held their weekly update Wednesday morning saying that while the situation is improving, it's not far enough along yet. Assistant Health Secretary Dr. Michele Roberts says the state got nearly 45,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week, the second shipment to arrive ...

The Washington State Department of Health announced more than 1,000 positive COVID-19 tests Friday. It's the highest number of new, confirmed cases since mid-July. Dr. Kathy Lofy, State Health Officer says, "We are also concerned about the risk of overwhelming our hospital systems when we see cases spike like this ...

Much discussion throughout the state has surrounded how, and at what speed, K-through-12 students should be brought out of distance learning and into at least a hybrid model because of the Coronavirus. Lacy Fehrenbach of the Washington State Health Department says, "We certainly want to be cautious ...