KENNETT SQUARE â Although the 2020 pandemic shutdown continues, limited batches of a novel vaccine are now on the way to the people of Chester County.
âIâm thrilled that we are seeing access to the vaccine here in Chester County,â said Mayor Matt Fetick of Kennett Square. âI hope that we will be able to take care of our most vulnerable neighbors including the frontline health care workers and emergency services along with neighbors who are medically compromised or at high risk.â
The mayor said on Monday, âThe sooner we get this under control the better for everyone.â
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Secretary of Health Rachel Levine said Pennsylvania is slated to receive 97,500 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for 66 counties, with Philadelphia County receiving its own allotment of 13,650 doses, for a total of 111,150 doses for health care workers identified in the stateâs vaccine distribution plan, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health in a statement released on Monday.