LVHN-Pocono gets COVID-19 vaccine, Moderna s arrives in Wilkes-Barre
COVID-19 vaccinations continue to spread across the commonwealth and into the Poconos as the effort to combat the coronavirus via inoculations gains momentum.
Lehigh Valley Health Network-Pocono received its first shipment of the highly-anticipated Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Friday, Dec. 18, and physicians immediately began doling it out to staff members that very day.
Director of Cardiopulmonary Services Francine Rich-Benton was the first to receive her shot, after which she signed the hospital network’s “Doing My Part” poster to show her commitment to fighting the pandemic.
“It was so exciting to be a part of something so big, that we need so desperately,” Rich-Benton said. “It’s a great feeling to motivate family and friends and the community. I wanted to show them this is important, and don’t wait.”
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‘It felt no different than any other vaccine’: St. Luke’s to vaccinate thousands this weekend
Updated Dec 20, 2020;
Thousands of health care workers this weekend are expected to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at three St. Luke’s University Health Network campuses with more to come soon, a network spokesman said.
Sam Kennedy, spokesman for St. Luke’s, said about 5,000 doses are secured at the health care network at minus 70 degrees Celsius. Employees at the Anderson in Bethlehem Township; Bethlehem area; and Sacred Heart in Allentown are all slated to receive the vaccinations this weekend, with nurses expected to administer six shots every 10 minutes.
Ontario to implement provincewide lockdown on Christmas Eve, sources say
The Ontario government is poised to impose a provincewide lockdown starting Christmas Eve, sources confirm, as the province logs more than 2,000 new cases of COVID-19 for the sixth consecutive day.
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Ontario is poised to impose a provincewide lockdown starting Christmas Eve, sources confirmed Sunday. (Evan Mitsui/CBC News)
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