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By Cappuchino Jan 26, 2021 The City of Philadelphia has severed its ties with Philly Fighting COVID. The organization was posted up inside of the Convention Center to give COVID-19 tests and more recently, distribute the vaccines to people. At the end of last week, Philly made the announcement they would start their own website where people could sign up and find out when the vaccine would be available to them. It would confuse some people as some were already signed up with Philly Fighting CO...

The Health Department will no longer supply vaccines to Philly Fighting COVID.

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health says it has ended its partnership with Philly Fighting COVID, an organization that oversaw the city’s largest...

Farley said that the citys provider agreement with Philly Fighting COVID was based on the groups previous success in administering COVID-19 testing. The opportunity was given to them because of a sudden and urgent need to distribute the citys limited vaccine supply and quickly reach unaffiliated health care workers who were eligible to receive the vaccine. For the sole purpose of getting these groups vaccinated, Farley said the clinics were a success. "Obviously in retrospect, it wasnt good f...

Someone’s stealing checks from Philly mailboxes. Here’s what we know. | Morning Newsletter Ashley Hoffman, The Philadelphia Inquirer © YONG KIM/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS The Flyers mascot Gritty sits next to a cutout of Flyers center Kevin Hayes during a break against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday, Jan. 13, in Philadelphia Good morning from the Inquirer newsroom. The Philly region might see mittens trending hard today, and not just because the internet can’t ...

WHYY By Home health workers wait in line outside Philadelphia’s community vaccination clinic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) For the past few weeks, the start-up Philly Fighting COVID has been collecting data on tens of thousands of people in Philadelphia who want to get COVID-19 vaccines, as well as running a mass vaccination clinic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. During most of that time, it did so without terms and conditions or a privacy policy on its...

Why the abrupt change? Health Department officials say they were recently made aware of a change in Philly Fighting COVID's corporate status that happened without the city's knowledge. It went from non-profit to for-profit.

The updated company policy, edited on Monday, says "The company will not sell data to any parties." City officials said they havent been notified of any sold data and that Philly Fighting COVID made the changes without discussing it with them. "Were working with our law department to make sure that that doesnt happen," said Farley. District Attorney Larry Krasner released this statement reading, in part: "I encourage members of the public, including City employees, who have information about wh...

City Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Interest Sign-Up Philadelphia residents can now sign up to receive notifications of when a COVID-19 vaccine will become available. City residents can inform the Department of Public Health that they want to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by providing contact information and some limited personal information at phila.gov/vaccineinterest. Those who complete the interest form will be contacted later by the Department of Public Health or one of the city’s vaccine par...

Philadelphias official registration site will allow people to sign up to be notified when they become eligible for the vaccine.