In what ways does Clark County prioritize populations that endanger COVID-19, such as those who are more affected by race / ethnicity or people who are eligible because of their age, but also have underlying health conditions?
The Washington Department of Health prioritizes the vaccine, but Clark County Public Health is working to make COVID-19 vaccine more accessible to high-risk populations within the state framework. The vaccination sites that the country is developing (mobile and fixed locations) are meant to be close to residents who could not easily access vaccines and among communities and populations excessively affected by COVID-19, such as color communities and critical workers gathering institutions. The first example of this was the recent mobile clinic for elderly care facilities. Clark County Public Health intends to open additional sites as the provision of vaccine makes it possible.
How does the state decide which providers get vaccine?
The federal government awards the vaccine to Washington every week for the following week. The state Department of Health is responsible for deciding who receives the vaccine. Local health care facilities, pharmacies and vaccination sites charge the amount of vaccination they want to receive each week. The state looks at the requests and the amount of vaccine coming from the federal government and decides how to distribute the vaccine. The state considers a variety of factors, including: proportionate population of those eligible in the province, data from suppliers, current vaccination supply of suppliers and documented throughput (how much they can administer), equity and access to all types of providers (hospitals , pharmacies, mass vaccination centers and clinics).
How much vaccine does Clark County require on average per week? How much vaccine is Clark County usually given per week?
Let’s look at the week of February 1, last week. That week, the state requested 358,000 first-dose vaccines from the federal government. The state directs the request for examination to every hospital, pharmacy, mass vaccination room and clinic certified to dispense vaccine. This means that the state believes that suppliers have the capacity to administer 358,000 vaccines per week. That is the good news. The bad news is that Washington received only 107,000 doses from the federal government due to the limited vaccine supply. In the same week, from 1 February, the province was allotted 5450 doses, most of which went to the mass vaccine site. Over the past few weeks, Clark County has ranged between 1,500 doses and 3,700 doses. The award has increased slightly recently, but Clark County has more than 89,000 people who are 65 and older and eligible, and this is just one of the many groups currently eligible. According to data released on Wednesday, the state will receive 206,125 doses of vaccinations from the federal government. That is about an increase of 100,000 doses as of the week of February 1, but less than the 446,850 requested by the federal government.