Updated on January 28, 2021 at 2:52 pm
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The disclosure that the city didn't require contracts for vaccine administrators comes one day after it ended the relationship with a business called Philly Fighting COVID.
The city dumped Philly Fighting COVID over privacy and data concerns after it became known that the organization is for-profit.
The city health secretary said he will look at better ways to "check up on" organizations before partnering with them.
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On Tuesday, amid questions of the vetting process that the Philadelphia Public Health Department uses to evaluate vaccine partners, city officials acknowledged that there are no contracts with organizations administering the vaccine on behalf of the city.