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In the hours after the big announcement, the region’s health systems were inundated with phone calls and emails to clinics, physicians and call centers.
Thousands of people were suddenly eligible to get the covid-19 vaccine.
They wanted it fast.
But the announcement by Pennsylvania officials expanding the vaccination eligibility pool to people older than 65, and those with cancer, diabetes and many other conditions came days after health officials learned the federal stockpile of vaccine was depleted, and disruptions in supply were likely to occur as a result.
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The Pittsburgh Public Schools board will vote next week on a proposal to again delay the return to in-person learning. A coalition of local groups that advocate for children want the district to better communicate why students and staff haven’t returned to in-person learning.
A vast majority of the district’s 22,000 students haven’t been in a school building since March.
That guidance was updated this month. Now, the department encourages elementary schools in counties with substantial spread to move to a hybrid model, but PPS has said it would continue with its original plan to phase students back into buildings. Students and staff were to return this month. Instead the plan is for a February return, though board president Sylvia Wilson has proposed pushing the return to April. The district wants to first bring back Cohort D, which includes students with disabilities and those learning English as a second language.