State recognizes Whatcom shorted COVID-19 vaccine doses, makes plans to catch county up
Mar. 1—The Washington State Department acknowledged in a letter to Whatcom County Health Board Chairman Barry Buchanan that the county has received a disproportionate amount of vaccine doses from the state and it will get an additional 4,680 first doses to help make up the difference.
"We also recognized that Whatcom County was behind in county pro rata vaccine allocations, as are a few other counties," the Feb. 28 letter signed by state Secretary of Health Dr. Umair A. Shah said. "That is why we reached out to the county health department by email on Saturday, February 20.
"The email acknowledged they were behind, and that to catch them up we needed their help to identify providers willing to receive Pfizer vaccine as there is currently more Pfizer available than Moderna. We were able to work with the Whatcom County Health Department to get an additional 4,680 first doses to Whatcom County this week."
The letter was forwarded to The Bellingham Herald by the Whatcom County Executive's office on Monday, March 1.
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