Dauphin, Cumberland county hospitals among latest to get COVID-19 vaccine
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
Posted Dec 21, 2020
Doses of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine arrived at 22 hospitals in Pennsylvania on Monday, as a part of the state s plan to dole out the shots in phases.Brooke Herbert/The Oregonian
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More than 30,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived at 22 hospitals around the state on Monday, according to the Pa. Department of Health.
This shipment means vaccines are being distributed to healthcare workers at 109 hospitals around the state, according to the statement.
“Each day, hospitals will be shipped vaccine directly from Pfizer and will begin administering it to health care workers at the hospital,” Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said. “The hospitals receiving shipments enrolled to be COVID-19 vaccine providers. The federal government has determined the amount of vaccine and when the vaccine is distributed. Hospitals receiving the