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GCMC begins administering COVID-19 vaccine to frontline medical workers

COVID-19 vaccines arrived for front-line health care workers at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton. Some GCMC medical workers received their first of two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine Thursday, the same day a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel overwhelmingly recommended a second vaccine for emergency use in the United States. Final authorization of that vaccine, made by Moderna, is expected as early as today. As distribution of the Pfizer vaccine continues over the coming weeks, state Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said Thursday that officials are “hopeful” doses of Moderna’s vaccine will be distributed beginning next week.

Regional hospital staff receive COVID-19 vaccine

Hospital networks and health care systems across northeastern Pennsylvania began doling out doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to staff this week, kicking off the first phase of an effort to curb the coronavirus pandemic in the commonwealth. Regional distribution of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration on Dec. 11, began with high-risk individuals in the health care field, along with residents of long term care facilities, as per the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The vaccine, which has an efficacy rating of 95%, consists of two doses spaced three weeks apart.

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