COVID-19 In Philadelphia: Private Physician Criticizes City’s Vaccine Distribution Plan For Independent Practices
CBS Philadelphia 12/24/2020 Syndicated Local – CBS Philly
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) While the COVID-19 vaccine is now protecting tens of thousands of health care workers in the region, Eyewitness News spoke to a Center City pediatrician Wednesday who says he has been unable to arrange for any vaccines for his staff. Some in the healthcare industry said they are beginning to feel like an afterthought when it comes to being vaccinated against COVID-19.
Independent physicians are part of Phase 1, but one local doctor told Eyewitness News he has no idea how or when he’ll receive a shot.
Pa.’s senior citizens over age 75 could get the coronavirus vaccine soon. How will that work?
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
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Updated federal recommendations advise making COVID-19 vaccine doses available soon to hundreds of thousands of southcentral Pennsylvania’s seniors, leaving state and local health departments little time to untangle major logistical hurdles, or risk delaying inoculations for high-risk Americans.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices surprised health officials last weekend when it included people 75 and older among those who should be prioritized when the next step in vaccine distribution begins. So far, vaccinating health-care workers has gone relatively well because the vast majority of injections happen where recipients work, either in hospitals or nursing homes, whose residents also are in the first-priority group.
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Pennsylvania coronavirus: Secretary of Health gives COVID-19 update Share Updated: 11:58 AM EST Dec 14, 2020
Pennsylvania coronavirus: Secretary of Health gives COVID-19 update Share Updated: 11:58 AM EST Dec 14, 2020
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