The Allegheny County Health Department announced Friday that it does not have enough Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for second dose appointments that would have
Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 285 new coronavirus cases, a relative bump up, as cases had been on the decline in recent weeks. Reports haven’t reached 500 cases in nearly five weeks and the county hasn’t reported any 1,000-case days in the past seven weeks, according to data from the
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Tiffany Husak, left, a nursing student at the Community College of Allegheny County, receives her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, during a vaccination clinic hosted by the University of Pittsburgh and the Allegheny County Health Department at the Petersen Events Center, in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Medical providers were following instructions from the state when they gave Moderna COVID-19 vaccines earmarked for people awaiting their second doses to people in line for their first doses, according to the group representing Pennsylvania health systems.
“Hospitals complied with the Department of Health’s orders to not hold back any vaccine doses, and to get shots into as many arms as possible,” Hospital and Health System Association of Pennsylvania spokeswoman Rachel Moore said in an email.
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Allegheny Valley School District students will be able to return to in-person learning four days a week beginning Monday, March 8.
The school board voted 7-1 in favor of bringing students in kindergarten through 12th grade back to school four days a week after impassioned arguments supporting the move from both parents and board members.
The board voted unanimously last month to return to a hybrid instructional model in which students are divided into two groups, with one attending in-person classes on Mondays and Thursdays and the other doing so on Tuesdays and Fridays.