About a month ago, I was chosen to be one of four members of the General Assembly to serve on the COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force established by Gov. Tom
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âShots could be going into arms at the COVID-19 mass vaccination site in Lancaster County as soon as Wednesday, when the soft launch is slated to open,â LNP | LancasterOnlineâs Nicole C. Brambila reported Friday. The former Bon-Ton store at Park City Center has been transformed by the concert and event staging company Rock Lititz into a site that, when operating at full speed, will deliver 6,000 vaccinations a day, its organizers hope. Itâs the product of a partnership between the Lancaster County commissioners, Rock Lititz, TriStarr Staffing and four health care systems led by Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health.
HARRISBURG, Pa. The union representing more than 170,000 school employees is praising a new vaccination plan that will make returning to in-person instruction safer for school staff, students and communities. Pennsylvania s bipartisan COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force has approved a plan designating more than 94,000 doses of the new Johnson and Johnson vaccine for school staff members. .
The state plans to begin vaccinating teachers and school staff next week with the Johnson & Johnson single-dose COVID-19 vaccine under a plan announced Wednesday by Gov. Tom Wolf.
COVID In Pennsylvania: Teachers, School Staff To Get One-Dose Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
CBS Philadelphia 3/3/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS Philly
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday that Pennsylvania teachers and school staff will get the state’s first allotment of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. That’s in addition to the people in phase 1A.
But there are continued complaints about the vaccine rollout in the state and growing concerns about why the Philadelphia region appears to be getting short-changed.
Southeastern Pennsylvania has a big population with high rates of COVID infections, but less populated areas are getting more vaccines. It’s unclear why.