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| Governor's OfficeGov. Jay Inslee today announced that effective April 15, all Washingtonians over the age of 16 will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is investigating reports of people in the state who tested positive for COVID-19 more than two weeks after being fully vaccinated. Scientists call these “vaccine breakthrough” cases, which are expected with any vaccine.
El Departamento de Salud del Estado de Washington (DOH, por su sigla en inglés) está analizando informes de nuevos casos de residentes del estado que dieron positivo por COVID-19 después de más de dos semanas de haberse vacunado.
The partnership adds a dozen new organizations statewide providing outreach and technical assistance in nearly 40 languages to small business owners affected by COVID-19.
A partir del 31 de marzo, Phase Finder (Encuentra tu fase), la herramienta estatal en línea de elegibilidad para la vacuna, ya no será necesaria para verificar la elegibilidad para recibir la vacuna contra la COVID-19.
Last year, Serve Washington, the state’s service commission, the Washington State Department of Agriculture and the Schultz Family Foundation created the Response Corps to respond to unprecedented levels of food insecurity across the state. Already planning for a second year, the partnership will continue to leverage new funding from federal, philanthropic and local partners to address even more COVID-19 impacts in Washington.
Phase Finder, the state’s online vaccine eligibility tool, will no longer be required to verify COVID-19 vaccine eligibility starting March 31. That means that people who want a vaccine should check DOH’s prioritization guidance webpage to see when they are eligible to get vaccinated.
Thanks to the hard work of DOH staff, the Washington National Guard, and local and private sector partners, since opening January 26, a total of 153,480 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given out across the four state-led mass vaccination sites.
Gracias al gran trabajo del personal del DOH, la Guardia Nacional de Washington y los socios locales y del sector privado, desde el 26 de enero, fecha en que comenzó la vacunación, se ha distribuido un total de 153,480 dosis de la vacuna contra la COVID-19 en los cuatro centros estatales de vacun
Se vacunó completamente contra la COVID-19 a más de 1 millón de personas en Washington, y se administraron y se registraron más de 3 millones de vacunas en todo el estado desde el inicio de la distribución de la vacuna a mediados de diciembre.
La próxima semana, Washington ampliará la elegibilidad para la vacuna contra la COVID-19 para quienes reúnan los requisitos de la fase 1B, nivel 3 o fase 1B, nivel 4.
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is thrilled to share the state surpassed two major vaccine milestones this week.
Next week Washington will open COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to those who qualify under Phases 1B tier 3 or 1B tier 4.
The Department of Licensing (DOL) is planning no further extensions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Today the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the latest statewide situation report on COVID-19, which shows the state’s progress in fighting COVID-19 since early January is slowing.