Washington health officials projected that by the end of December, 400,000 residents might receive a COVID-19 vaccine based on the doses that the state should receive from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
Department of Health acting Assistant Secretary Michele Roberts said by Dec. 15, Washington should receive 62,400 doses of Pfizer's vaccine and by the end of the month will have a total of 222,000 doses, King 5 news reported on Dec. 8.
One hundred eighty-thousand doses of Moderna's vaccine are expected to be in hand by the end of December, should it get Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, King 5 news reported on Dec. 8.
For security reasons, Roberts said that inoculation locations had not been released, however, the health department picked 17 sites in 13 counties to get the first doses of the vaccine, King 5 news reported on Dec. 8.
Secretary of Health John Wiesman said the first people to receive the injection will be high-risk health care workers, and those in long-term care facilities, King 5 news reported on Dec. 8. He said currently, the state estimates approximately 300,000 health care workers who are considered high-risk, which includes not just the doctors and nurses.
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