Following Gov. Tom Wolf’s announcement this week that teachers would be moved first in line to receive the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, Pittsburgh schools are poised to begin inoculating teachers next week. “The vaccinations of our teachers and school staff will add an additional layer of mitigation strategies we already
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In the hours after the big announcement, the region’s health systems were inundated with phone calls and emails to clinics, physicians and call centers.
Thousands of people were suddenly eligible to get the covid-19 vaccine.
They wanted it fast.
But the announcement by Pennsylvania officials expanding the vaccination eligibility pool to people older than 65, and those with cancer, diabetes and many other conditions came days after health officials learned the federal stockpile of vaccine was depleted, and disruptions in supply were likely to occur as a result.