Short on doses, county's drive-thru vaccinations are on pause
EVERETT — Mobile mass vaccination clinics are the clearest path to getting COVID vaccine shots into arms, state leaders and public health experts say.
But in Snohomish County, a low supply of doses is getting in the way of three such sites, in Everett, Lynnwood and Monroe. Combined, they can administer 30,000 shots each week, but the county’s stock is so low that one hasn’t operated since Tuesday. All of them have stopped scheduling appointments.
“We know the reality is we do not have enough vaccine supply,” state Secretary of Health Dr. Umair Shah said during a news conference Thursday. “We’re doing everything we can behind the scenes to move or transition or support vaccination efforts throughout the state.”
Last week, that included the state shifting an additional 1,000 doses from a Whidbey Island hospital to Snohomish County after the county received less than 5% of the state’s total weekly allotment.
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