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Bernie Frazier, 81, of Plum receives his first dose of a covid-19 vaccine from Plum EMS Paramedic Alyssa Sciommeri in his home Tuesday, April 13.
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Bernie Frazier asked about the outside world one sunny, Tuesday afternoon from a chair in his Plum house.
His question, directed at Plum’s EMS director, came after being homebound for more than a year.
“Have you had a lot of fires to respond to this year?” Frazier asked.
Brian Maloney, the EMS director, told him yes, there have been fires – but nothing unusual.
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FILE In this March 31, 2021, file photo, a nurse fills a syringe with Johnson & Johnson s one-dose COVID-19 vaccine at the Vaxmobile, at the Uniondale Hempstead Senior Center, in Uniondale, N.Y. U.S. health regulators on Tuesday, April 13, is recommending a “pause” in using the vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Medical providers in western Pennsylvania are adjusting plans after the federal government’s recommendation to pause the administration of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine.
On Tuesday morning the Food and Drug Administration cited concerns about the possibility of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, a rare type of blood clotting, as the reason for the pause. Six women between the ages of 18-48 developed these clots less than two weeks after receiving the vaccine. One of the women died.
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UPMC and the Pittsburgh Penguins hosted a drive-through covid-19 vaccine clinic in March at the Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry.
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Hospital systems in Western Pennsylvania are pausing distribution of the Johnson & Johnson covid vaccine, following recommendations from federal regulators.
Both UPMC and Allegheny Health Network last week announced plans for mass vaccine clinics to administer a combined 25,000 shots. On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended a pause in Johnson & Johnson use, following a small cluster of reported cases of blood clots that occurred among six women in the days following their vaccination.
The state’s covid case total since the pandemic began is now 1,082,062.
Allegheny County had the fourth most reported cases of Pennsylvania counties Tuesday. The county reported 430 cases, of which 254 were confirmed and 176 probable, according to the Allegheny County Health Department. New cases range in age from 6 months to 95, with a median age of 33. Total cases are now 91,064 in the county.
Westmoreland County reported 171 cases (70 confirmed and 101 probable) on Tuesday, bringing its total cases to 30,837.
Hospitalizations
The state had 2,541 covid-19 patients hospitalized as of Tuesday, according to the Department of Health. To this point in April, there has been an increase in covid hospitalizations in 12 of the 13 days so far this month. Hospitalizations throughout the state are up about 22% since the beginning of month. The state’s current level of hospitalizations rivals mid-February levels, when hospitalizations were in the 2,500-range.