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‘Philly Fighting COVID as Citys 1st Mass Coronavirus Vaccination Site Opens Miguel Martinez-Valle and Dan Stamm © Provided by NBC Philadelphia What to Know Philadelphia health department has teamed up with Philly Fighting COVID to open the Citys first mass vaccination site. Health care workers in Tier 1A of the citys vaccination plan were the first people to get doses Friday. The Pennsylvania Convention Center vaccination site can serve up to 4,500 patients each day, organiz...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley started Tuesdays COVID-19 briefing by offering some proof that the citys latest set of restrictions may be paying off. "I have better news today. Our case counts have been falling for the past three weeks, but our case counts are still high and we need to be careful," Farley said. On Tuesday, the city reported a 41% decrease in cases since implementing their "Safer At Home" restrictions, translating into some of the lowes...