Covid- – ClarkCountyToday.com https://www.clarkcountytoday.com Your News Source with Integrity Mon, 11 Apr 2022 19:24:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cropped-Andis-CCT-Icon-NEW-170522-01-1-36x36.jpg Covid- – ClarkCountyToday.com https://www.clarkcountytoday.com 32 32 Marking one year since the first case of COVID-19 in Clark County https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/marking-one-year-since-the-first-case-of-covid-19-in-clark-county/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=marking-one-year-since-the-first-case-of-covid-19-in-clark-county Tue, 09 Mar 2021 03:34:33 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=94520 A long-running lack of toilet paper marked perhaps the most memorable part of the early pandemic. File photo

It has been a year to remember, or to forget, especially for the men and women serving the public health department for Clark County.]]> State health officials set Saturday call to discuss vaccine shortage in Clark County https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/state-health-officials-set-saturday-call-to-discuss-vaccine-shortage-in-clark-county/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-health-officials-set-saturday-call-to-discuss-vaccine-shortage-in-clark-county Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:10:48 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=94160 A nurse at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver draws out a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Photo courtesy PeaceHealth Southwest

Clark County Public Health also pushed back on claims that providers turned down doses of the Pfizer vaccine due to a lack of storage requirements.]]> BREAKING: Clark County Fairgrounds vaccination site closed Friday and Saturday https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/breaking-clark-county-fairgrounds-vaccination-site-closed-friday-and-saturday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breaking-clark-county-fairgrounds-vaccination-site-closed-friday-and-saturday Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:18:16 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=93681 Snowy road conditions have prompted the Washington Dept. of Health to close the Fairgrounds vaccination site for Friday and Saturday. Photo by Mike Schultz

Anyone who was hoping to get a vaccination at the fairgrounds site Friday or Saturday will be rescheduled to Tuesday, according to the Dept. of Health.]]> Clark County cleared to enter Phase 2 of the governor’s reopening plan https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/clark-county-cleared-to-enter-phase-2-of-the-governors-reopening-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clark-county-cleared-to-enter-phase-2-of-the-governors-reopening-plan Fri, 12 Feb 2021 02:25:05 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=93651 Seven of eight regions in Washington have been approved to enter Phase 2 of reopening, starting Mon., Feb. 15. Image courtesy Office of Washington Gov. Jay Inslee

Starting Mon., Feb. 15, Clark County and most other areas of the state will move into Phase 2 of the governor’s Healthy Washington Roadmap to Recovery plan.]]> Protestors force Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital into lockout https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/protestors-force-legacy-salmon-creek-hospital-into-lockout/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=protestors-force-legacy-salmon-creek-hospital-into-lockout Sun, 31 Jan 2021 01:50:27 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=93234 As many as 20 people gathered outside Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital on Friday night, demanding the release of a patient who had refused a COVID test. Photo by Jacob Granneman

After a woman said her mother was being held at Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital after refusing a COVID test, more than a dozen people forced the building into lockdown.]]>