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Erie County hospitals offer COVID vaccine to more health care workers

Saint Vincent Hospital and UPMC Hamot have been vaccinating more health-care workers against COVID-19, including those who don t work for either health system. Both hospitals have held vaccination clinics that are open to nonaffiliated health-care workers, including dentists, school nurses, physical therapists and behavioral-health specialists. We have been vaccinating some of these independent health-care workers for the past week to 10 days, but we are increasing the number as we wind down vaccinating our own staff, said Steve Henderson, Saint Vincent s director of pharmacy. Medical offices, school districts and other health-care organizations have scheduled the vaccinations with the hospitals. At least 6,625 partial doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Erie County and 1,034 full, two-shot doses have been administered as of Friday afternoon, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

UPMC Hamot now offers new COVID-19 treatment

UPMC Hamot has begun treating COVID-19 patients with monoclonal antibodies, laboratory-produced molecules that help a person s own immune system fight viruses. Seven patients have received the infusions so far at the Hamot Infusion Center, 215 Holland St. These are patients with COVID-19 who are at least 65 years old, have a body-mass index of 35 or greater, and have not had the illness for more than 10 days. These are patients with mild to moderate symptoms who are not hosptialized, said Daniel Gessel, Hamot s director of operations. The goal is to help them stay out of the hospital. Hamot is one of 10 UPMC hospitals to receive an allotment of the drug. Saint Vincent Hospital also has received it and plans to begin treating patients on Jan. 4.

Vaccine Rollout Continues Across Pennsylvania

Vaccine Rollout Continues Across Pennsylvania
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