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State expands vaccine eligibility

Local first responders receive vaccines; Fairgrounds to be mass vaccination site

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Camas-Washougal Fire Department Fire Captain Katie Linton receives her second COVID-19 vaccination on Jan. 12, 2021. (Contributed photo courtesy of the East Clark Professional Fire Fighters union)

Governor Jay Inslee announced this week that the state is expanding its Phase 1B COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to include any Washingtonian age 65 or older, as well as those age 50 and older who are living in multi-generational households.

The move expanded vaccine eligibility, starting Monday, Jan. 18, to 1.5 million Washingtonians, including high-risk health care workers, first responders and residents and staff at long-term care facilities included in the state’s first phase of COVID-19 inoculations.

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