Megan Guza Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review Doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine sit on a table at St. Thomas More Manor in Bethel Park during a clinic Friday, Jan. 29, 2021.
TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A phone line meant to help seniors and those without internet access set up covid-19 vaccination appointments lasted less than four hours Thursday before appointments were full — but it was long enough for scammers to begin intercepting calls and asking for money, according to Allegheny County officials. Beginning at noon, a partnership between the United Way and the Allegheny County Health Department meant that Allegheny County residents eligible for the vaccine could call 2-1-1 to schedule an appointment at the county’s point of dispensing in Monroeville rather than rely on the internet.