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At a recent appearance at a vaccine clinic in McKeesport, Gov. Tom Wolf said he hoped that Pennsylvania adults who want to receive a coronavirus vaccine will have received at least one shot by the second week of May.
That comes as Pennsylvania has opened vaccine eligibility for individuals who work in manufacturing, public transit and other areas, and is due to open it next week for people who work in banking, housing construction, the media and other professions. All adults in Pennsylvania and across the country will be eligible April 19.
When vaccines first became available in the state in January, some websites crashed thanks to the number of people trying to land an extremely limited number of appointments. Wolf said he hopes that does not happen again.
90.5 WESA Woman draws dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Giant Eagle clinic at Heinz Field. (3/11/2021)
Despite the fact that roughly one quarter of Allegheny County residents are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to rise.
“The fewer people who get vaccinated, the longer this virus will linger in our lives. And the best way to defeat this virus is to continue the vaccine rollout as fast as possible, said county health department director Dr. Debra Bogen, who noted there have been at least 79 COVID-19 deaths since the beginning of March.
Bogen said that there have been just 109 coronavirus cases documented out of some 213,00 people in Allegheny County who had been fully vaccinated for COVID by the end of March. She said this shows that the vaccines are extremely effective.
Allegheny County Seeks to Reassure Residents about Vaccine’s Safety
More than half of the county s adult population is partially vaccinated but the number of COVID-related hospitalizations is still rising.
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Now that supplies of the COVID-19 vaccine are more plentiful in Allegheny County, the next challenge for officials is convincing people who are hesitant to get the shot.
“The fewer people that get vaccinated, the longer this virus will linger in our lives and the best way to defeat this virus is to continue the vaccine rollout as fast as possible,” said Allegheny County Health Dr. Debra Bogen at a briefing Wednesday. Bogen’s appeal comes after the CDC recommended a pause in the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after six women developed blood clots within two weeks of receiving the shots. Approximately 6.8 million people have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
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Sarah Peterson, a nurse at UPMC Children’s Hospital, at a drive-thru vaccine clinic on April 14 at Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer.
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A day after a data dump by a lab in Allegheny County led to more than 1,300 additional covid cases being reported, the county saw 403 cases on Thursday.
The abnormally high number of cases Wednesday was attributed to GS Lab’s delayed return of data to the state and county.
The 403 cases are more in line with daily reports since the beginning of the year. The seven-day average before the data dump was in the 400s. With Wednesday’s inclusion of the data, the seven-day average jumps to 548 for Thursday.