Saint Vincent Hospital has received more doses of COVID-19 vaccine, but they aren't enough for the Erie hospital to resume scheduling vaccination clinics.
Allegheny Health Network, which includes Saint Vincent, has temporarily stopped scheduling vaccinations due to a lack of vaccine. Clinics already scheduled are continuing.
Saint Vincent received 975 vaccine doses Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported on its website. It has received 9,750 doses since vaccine distribution started in early December.
"We did receive a tray (of vaccine this week) but it is tied to already scheduled appointments," Saint Vincent spokeswoman Monica Lewis said in a text.
Other health-care organizations that have received COVID-19 vaccine are continuing their clinics but have not significantly expanded their lists for who can receive the vaccine. They continue to primarily vaccinate health-care workers and emergency medical technicians, though the Erie Veterans Affairs Medical Center is vaccinating its patients who are 75 and older.