Hospital not among vaccine recipients

COLFAX — The first shipment of a COVID-19 vaccine is not expected to be given to workers at Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics.

“It appears WHMC will not be a distribution site for the first round of vaccinations for front line healthcare workers and physicians,” Whitman Hospital spokeswoman Laurie Gronning said.

Interim county Public Health Director Chris Skidmore could not confirm whether the hospital was among those to receive any of the first 975 doses of the vaccine. The first shipment is excepted to arrive tomorrow, Friday.

According to Skidmore, local entities, including hospitals, ha...