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Dauphin County Prison population has low vaccine rate because of few signups, missed appointments: spokesman
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
Less than a quarter of the Dauphin County Prison population opted to get the coronavirus vaccine and even fewer showed up for their appointments at a Wednesday vaccination clinic, officials said.
The low turnout comes in the wake of numerous virus outbreaks at the prison over the course of the pandemic. In-person visitation was put on hold when cases started to spread in March 2020 and have not yet resumed.
Dauphin County spokesman Brett Hambright said 220 inmates signed up to get their first Pfizer dose Wednesday, and 157 followed through with their appointments. Hambright said there are 1,015 inmates in the prison as of Thursday.