COVID-19 vaccine now given in Erie County homes goerie.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from goerie.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Joseph Neff received an email Monday morning from a friend who said the 26-year-old North East Township man was now eligible, like every other Pennsylvania adult, to get a COVID-19 vaccination.
Less than 24 hours later, Neff had already scheduled and received the first of his two recommended doses of the Pfizer vaccine. It s a pretty smooth process, Neff said after receiving his first dose at the UPMC Health Plan Operations Center, 380 E. Bayfront Parkway. I called Monday to schedule a time and the woman asked what date and time worked for me. I grabbed 11:15 (Tuesday) and there were no problems.
The county also reported 141 new cases Nov. 4-6.
Local health officials aren t sure whether this means the county is near the end of a nearly yearlong pandemic, or just experiencing a reprieve.
The county is still averaging nearly 54 new cases a day over the past week, higher than the totals at any time before mid-November, said Howard Nadworny, M.D., a Saint Vincent Hospital infectious diseases specialist and adviser to the Erie County Department of Health. Given that there were no major holidays in January and February, and February was colder and snowier, I suspect more people were masking and distancing (i.e. fewer
Erie County Department of Human Services workers received COVID vaccine early goerie.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from goerie.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.