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Pennsylvanians who have grown frustrated about navigating the stateâs decentralized system in search of the COVID-19 vaccine could have an alternative.
A new bill introduced Monday in the state House of Representatives seeks to create a centralized COVID-19 vaccination registry for people who want to get the vaccine.
The âCOVID-19 Vaccine Registry Actâ would require the Pennsylvania Department of Health to maintain a database where residents could schedule a vaccine appointment for themselves, their spouses or significant others, and their families.
Vaccine providers would be required access the registry and prioritize registrants for scheduling appointments, which would prevent people from spending hours trying to find and sign up for available appointments.
Fayette County has instituted an online COVID-19 vaccine registry and held its first vaccination clinic Monday at the Uniontown Mall.
The registry can be accessed by clicking on the yellow COVID-19 box at fayettecountypa.org, and navigating to the “individual registration” tab.
Mondayâs clinic was hosted by WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital.
âJust 20 days ago, the (countyâs vaccine) task force met for the first time,â said Muriel Nuttall, executive director of the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce and co-lead of the task force. âIn 20 days, weâre sitting at our first community clinic, and thatâs pretty incredible.â
Nuttall said that the hospital will be able to vaccinate 5,400 people by Sunday now that the clinic is open.
School districts in Washington and Greene counties are working to vaccinate their teachers and other school staff, but it s unclear when enough COVID-19 doses will be available.
Local health facilities and Washington and Greene County leaders have joined forces to create three large vaccination clinic sites in the hopes of speeding up COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Meanwhile, Southwestern Pennsylvania health care leaders expressed frustration at the limited number of vaccine doses they have received since the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration in mid-December, and said they donât have enough vaccines to meet the expanded eligibility guidelines announced Tuesday by the state Department of Health.
The Washington-Greene County Consolidated COVID Vaccination Plan â which includes Washington Health System, Allegheny Health Network Canonsburg Hospital, Monongahela Valley Hospital, Centerville Clinics, Cornerstone Care, Washington and Greene County commissioners, and local EMS â is working on plans to set up vaccination sites in Peters Township, the city of Washington, and Wayn