U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, sent a letter to Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Director Randy Padfield with the support of 14 state representatives and two state senators from Northeast Pennsylvania urging the agency to set up mass COVID-19 vaccination sites in the region as soon as possible.
Cartwright wrote that streamlining distribution of COVID-19 vaccines through mass vaccination sites is critical to not only reducing severe illness and death from the virus, but also staying ahead of new virus variants.
Cartwright also noted resources the American Rescue Plan would provide to launch a national vaccination program. He said he is working to ensure it is swiftly enacted, so Pennsylvania receives more resources for vaccine distribution quickly.