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A line forms outside the Center for Architecture and Design on Arch Street where Nationalities Service Center was holding a COVID-19 vaccination clinic. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
For Lidia Texis, it’s for her kids, who have health conditions. For Jamal Aimry, it’s a step toward visiting his parents, who live in Morocco. For Dulce Maria Lopez Bonilla, it’s for peace of mind when the restaurant worker has customers who won’t wear a mask.
They are some of the more than 200 people who received the first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in Philadelphia on Friday through a new partnership between immigrant-serving community organizations and Sunray Pharmacy. The Philadelphia Department of Health facilitated the arrangement.
COVID-19 vaccination eligibility expands in Philadelphia and New Jersey
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PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia officials announced Wednesday that it is expanding its vaccine eligibility to residents 65 years and older.
The Philadelphia Vaccine Advisory Committee recommended the change to the Philadelphia Phase 1b eligibility criteria. Previously, eligibility by age criteria for Philadelphia Phase 1b was only those who were 75 years or older.
This change is possible because of the increased number of vaccine doses coming into the city, officials said.
The change brings the city s vaccine distribution program into line with the surrounding counties and states. It is effective immediately.
Those who are aged 65 or older are encouraged to register on the City s Vaccine Interest form or by dialing 3-1-1. All of the COVID-19 vaccine clinics in Philadelphia are by appointment only.
Updated on March 9, 2021 at 9:31 am
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A 16-page report from Philadelphia s Inspector General found that the city s health department failed to exercise due diligence and ignored numerous red flags while working with Philly Fighting COVID.
The report also found that Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley did not violate any laws during the city s partnership with the group.
In a response to the report, Mayor Jim Kenney said he believed the Inspector General’s findings “accurately reflect the mistakes that were made.” He also said he fully accepted the recommendations.
While Philadelphia’s Health Department failed to exercise due diligence and ignored numerous red flags before asking Philly Fighting COVID to run its mass vaccination clinic, Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley did not violate any laws during the city’s partnership with the group, according to a new report from Inspector General Alexander DeSantis.
While Philadelphia’s Health Department failed to exercise due diligence and ignored numerous red flags before asking Philly Fighting COVID to run its mass vaccination clinic, Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley did not violate any laws during the city’s partnership with the group, according to a new report from Inspector General Alexander DeSantis.
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Philly Fighting Covid, a PPE startup that pivoted to vaccine distribution, had a spectacular rise and fall.
The city provided vaccines to PFC but later cut ties after finding issues in its privacy policy.
The city is still soliciting vaccine partners and the event has spurred conversation about equity.
Andrei Doroshin seemed irate when he posted the statement on his company s website on January 29. It had been a tumultuous week for the 22-year old Drexel University graduate student.
He d admitted on national television to taking a small number of coronavirus vaccines home from a clinic run by his startup, Philly Fighting Covid. The city of Philadelphia had cut ties with his company. The press attention had been relentless.