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The first clinics to vaccinate school employees with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine could start the middle of next week.
The first clinics are expected to run Wednesday to March 13.
There is likely to be a lapse in supply for the following two weeks, then an upsurge in the final week of the month that could provide all the remaining doses needed for the state to vaccinate its approximately 200,000 school-connected personnel, said Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam.
Intermediate units will be a link between schools and the state, while helping determine the locations of clinics many of which will take place at IU facilities.
There are more than 700 nursing homes in Pennsylvania. More than 88,000 people, mostly older individuals, live there — whether for the long term or a short stay. For the last year, those facilities have been under nervous pressure as seniors and those with preexisting medical conditions like diabetes and
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