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Pierce County Health Announces First Clinic For Tiers 1B3 and 1B4
Registration opens Monday for another free vaccine clinic, and by the time it does many more residents will be eligible for a shot.

Registration opens Monday for another free vaccine clinic, and by the time it does many more residents will be eligible for a shot.

Registration begins at 10 a.m. for a clinic this Friday in Orting.
The site will be a drive-thru clinic at Central Washington State Fair Park, which should be able to administer up to 1,200 vaccines per day.
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For several days this month, Rite Aid will be offering the vaccine exclusively to teachers, school staff and child care providers.
The clinic will be Saturday, and includes residents who qualify for the vaccine under Phase 1B2.
The next tier makes several groups eligible for vaccination, largely high-risk critical workers who work in congregate settings.
Attorneys are calling on the state to make all inmates eligible for coronavirus vaccines, citing the outsized risk for infection in prisons.
The clinic will be Saturday at Bonney Lake High School, and includes residents who qualify for the vaccine under Phase 1B2.
Registration opens Tuesday for the Tacoma - Pierce County Health Department's next COVID-19 vaccine clinic.
At full capacity, the Lumen Field Event Center will be the largest civilian-led vaccination site in the country.
Health officials said fully vaccinated people can safely socialize without masks in some scenarios, but should still wear them in public.
Washington's vaccination efforts reached new heights this week, as the state prepares to expand eligibility later in March.