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NORRISTOWN â While the number of coronavirus cases continued to trend upward this week, Montgomery County officials revealed another disturbing trend â residents harassing volunteers at some vaccination clinics.
âThe issue is hostility toward our vaccine clinic staff. It is never acceptable to yell, berate or otherwise harass our clinic staff,â county Commissionersâ Chairwoman Dr. Valerie Arkoosh said during a Wednesday news briefing. âWhile many of our staff are county employees, some are contracted workers and many are volunteers. But no matter how they get to our clinics, it is never acceptable to yell, berate or harass them.
âThereâs been a handful of incidents but one incident is one too many. Itâs just unacceptable that people are taking frustrations out on our staff,â added Arkoosh. âI canât speak precisely to what has caused frustration but I know people are very, very anxious to get vaccinated. I understand
NORRISTOWN â While Montgomery County health officials had to pause the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine this week, under federal and state directives, they are continuing the vaccine rollout with available Pfizer vaccine.
All those who had appointments to receive the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at a county vaccination clinic through Friday were contacted and given the opportunity to receive a Pfizer vaccine or to reschedule an appointment. Officials said 3,977 appointments for J&J vaccines were canceled for Tuesday and Wednesday.
âWeâve taken inventory of all of our remaining first doses of Pfizer vaccine and have updated our clinic schedule accordingly to only distribute Pfizer through next Tuesday, April 20. I am happy to share that we will be able to maintain operations at our five weekday clinics with our Pfizer supply,â county Commissionersâ Chairwoman Dr. Valerie Arkoosh said during a Wednesday news briefing.
NORRISTOWN — More than 200 Montgomery County residents tested positive for the coronavirus and four more people died from the virus as the spring surge of the virus continued, according
NORRISTOWN — As Montgomery County officials expanded vaccine registration eligibility, they also reported that more than 600 county residents tested positive for the coronavirus and two more people died from