Pennsylvania officials have released an outline of a plan to vaccinate teachers against COVID-19.Department of Health Acting Secretary Alison Beam, Department of Education Acting Secretary Noe Ortega and PEMA Director Randy Padfield reviewed the plan at a media briefing on Thursday. The Wolf administration is working with Intermediate Units and other education partners to give the one-dose Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) vaccine to Pre-K through Grade 12 public and non-public school staff across Pennsylvania.Officials said IUs will work with school entities to identify individuals who are interested in receiving the vaccine. Educators and school staff working with elementary education students, students with disabilities and English learners will be given the first chance to register.Officials said there will be at least one vaccination site in each IU region. Sites are expected to begin operations between March 10 and March 13.“We anticipate that the majority of these sites will
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There remains no estimate on when Pennsylvania will move to the next phase of its vaccination plan, which includes a slew of essential workers as well as first responders and teachers, a health official said Friday.
“I don’t think we’re putting out estimates at this point,” Health Department Senior Adviser Lindsey Mauldin said.
Mauldin also backed away from a firm timeline for when the whole of the state’s population could be vaccinated.
“I think we are still shooting for everyone by the summer,” she said. “We’ve seen delays just because of the weather and because of some of these allocation issues. So again, I think we have to be realistic and look to where we are at this time of year.”