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About 82% of the first doses of coronavirus vaccines delivered to providers in Pennsylvania have been administered already, but only 44% of second doses have been injected into patients’ arms, despite the Department of Health’s policy of ordering those second doses to be delivered just in time for providers to use, according to information provided by the department Wednesday.
The state is trying to get a handle on the issue, according to spokesman Barry Ciccocioppo in a virtual news conference.
“We’re looking into where the doses are and why they haven’t been administered,” he said.
The state recently discovered a problem with some providers using vaccine they’d been sent for second doses as first doses instead a problem that led to adjustments explained last week but that presumably wouldn’t contribute to the low percentage of second-dose shots administered, because those doses were administered, even if improperly.
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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf greets CVS Health District Leader Andreas Chandra at a press conference Tuesday in Harrisburg. Wolf marked a milestone in the implementation of the stateâs COVID-19 vaccination plan with the announcement that more than 600 skilled nursing facilities have received first and second doses of the vaccine, and in total more than 315,000 doses of vaccine administered among all long-term care facilities being vaccinated by CVS and Walgreens.
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Senior Advisor for COVID-19 Response Lindsey Mauldin speaks at a press conference Tuesday in Harrisburg during which Gov. Tom Wolf marked a milestone in the implementation of the stateâs COVID-19 vaccination plan. Wolf announced that more than 600 skilled nursing facilities have received first and second doses of the vaccine, and in total more than 315,000 doses of vaccine administered among all long-term care facilities being vaccinated by CVS and Wa
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February 23, 2021
Governor Tom Wolf today marked a milestone in the implementation of the state’s COVID-19 vaccination plan with the announcement that more than 600 skilled nursing facilities have received first and second doses of the vaccine, and in total more than 315,000 doses of vaccine administered among all long-term care facilities being vaccinated by CVS and Walgreens.