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WellSpan announces expanded COVID-19 vaccination efforts, although supply remains an obstacle Updated Mar 04, 2021; York-based WellSpan Health on Thursday announced plans for a mobile COVID-19 vaccination effort and additional mass vaccination sites in multiple counties. However, opening dates of the new sites are contingent on obtaining more vaccine. WellSpan is presently receiving enough doses to vaccinate about 10,000 people a week at 22 locations in York and nearby counties, according to s...

The county said that a mass vaccination site for COVID is coming to York County soon.

After last week’s admission that providers using Moderna vaccine intended for second doses had administered it as first doses, the Pennsylvania Department of Health will soon implement an improved tracking system, an official told LNP | LancasterOnline on Tuesday. State health officials do not yet know the scope of the problem, which only affected providers receiving Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was not impacted. Officials had relied on local vaccin...

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Stephen Dunn / AP The Pennsylvania Department of Health says its system of designating some coronavirus vaccines for people who already had their first dose is part of why the state appears to be lagging behind other states in how quickly shots are being administered. Both the Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna vaccines being distributed in the U.S. require a second shot a few weeks after the first. Nationwide, 50 million doses of those vaccines have been given to health care providers, Centers ...

York Daily Record A healthcare system in central Pennsylvania recently opened its website for coronavirus vaccination appointments, and in less than 48 hours, it was booked through the end of February. Between that Tuesday afternoon and Thursday morning, 45,000 people had signed up for vaccinations, said Ryan Coyle, manager of WellSpan Health Systems public relations and communications. But booking an appointment in February may get easier. Hospital systems are coordinating with the Pennsylvani...

Penn State Health plans ‘mass’ COVID-19 vaccine clinics in multiple counties PennLive.com 1/29/2021 David Wenner, pennlive.com Penn State Health officials said this week they are planning large-scale COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Dauphin, Cumberland and Lebanon counties, and possibly others, and in the State College area. They said they expect to hold them in collaboration with the state health department, the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and, possibly, other...

WellSpan Health launched an online sign-up portal for COVID-19 vaccines on Jan. 19, the same day Pennsylvania expanded the first phase of its vaccine rollout plan. Within 48 hours the health system had scheduled 45,000 appointments and shut down the portal. Barry Millhouse was able to schedule a February appointment for his 78-year-old mother at WellSpan York Hospital. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in the past year and is considered high-risk. Before reaching out to WellSpan, Millhouse con...

A carefully constructed county plan to corral the influx of residents seeking a coronavirus vaccination was upended Tuesday when the Pennsylvania Department of Health again revised its vaccine distribution plan.

As soon as Kenneth Hartenstine saw a tweet around noon Tuesday that COVID-19 vaccines are now available to Pennsylvanians over 65, he immediately went to the state’s website to confirm