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As of Wednesday morning, 70% of Washington residents 16 years and older have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
CONGRATULATIONS WASHINGTON! 🎉🥳🎉🥳 pic.twitter.com/T2CfVQWAiY
— WA Dept. of Health (@WADeptHealth) July 14, 2021
The Washington State Department of Health made the announcement in a media briefing. The DOH also announced that 3.9 million Washingtonians are fully vaccinated.
The milestone in the coronavirus pandemic comes two weeks after the state fully reopened on June 30.
State Secretary of Health Dr. Umair Shah said that while case counts are flattening, the COVID-19 variants are still something that needs to be watched.
“We’ll focus on variants, you focus on vaccinations,” Shah tweeted.
Now that we've hit 70% of the population 16+ receiving at least one dose, we have to emphasize that our work is NOT done!
— Office of Dr. Umair A. Shah, WA Sec of Health (@WaHealthSec) July 14, 2021
While we have made great strides, we still need to continue to encourage those that have not vaccinated yet to get their vaccine.
They are our PROTECTION.
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