MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Thanks to a donation, Skagit Regional Health will be able to store its anticipated shipment of COVID-19 vaccine.
The Skagit Valley Herald reports Puget Sound Energy donated a freezer that gives the facility the ability to store 975 doses of the recently-approved Pfizer vaccine, which requires a temperature of -94 degrees Fahrenheit.
The freezer had been used by PSE’s Fish and Wildlife Program as part of a study at Baker Lake.
The county’s first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are expected to arrive this week.