Pandemic blog: Covid-related updates for the Northwest

Washington state changes how they'll determine the number of vaccine doses sent to counties

6:17 p.m. — The Washington State Department of Health will now determine the number of vaccine doses they send to counties based on demand.

Before, the department sent vaccine doses to counties based on population, not whether vaccine appointments were being filled.

KUOW’s Eilís O’Neill reported on this change, speaking with Lacy Fehrenbach of the state health department.

“We still will be making sure that there’s access to vaccines all across the geography of Washington, but we will be doing this more demand-based system and making sure the vaccines get to communities where they’re needed and where they’re going to be used in the next week or so,” Fehrenbach said.