On Friday, about forty Wahluke School District staff members received a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination administered by the Columbia Basin Health Association Wahluke Clinic. The staff members were picked because the job duties require a higher risk of coming into contact with confirmed or suspected COVID patients. The group included school nurses, staff whose duties involve care to staff and students in the COVID Health/Sick Rooms, door screeners, and staff where COVID patients could be present and where masking is not an option. These are the first COVID vaccinations in the district. We want to thank the CBHA Wahluke Clinic for the support and care of our staff.
Above: Preschool Director Olga Mendez and Mattawa Elementary and Morris Schott Elementary School Librarian Marcy Holloway await their turns in the chair to receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination administered by Columbia Basin Health Association Wahluke Clinic on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at Wahluke Junior High School. Members of the Grant County Fire District No. 8 look on in support.
Below: A Columbia Basin Health Association medical assistant administers the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination to Mattawa Elementary School counselor Robin Speck on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at Wahluke Junior High School. The vaccinations were provided to front-line school staff as a preventative measure to help stop the disease's spread in our community.
