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A $175-million program involving 11 hospital systems that helped long-term care facilities deal with COVID-19 for six months ended recently, and the Wolf administration has replaced it with a less-well-funded program to hold things together through the end of February.
The administration asked for federal money to keep the Regional Response Health Collaboration Program going, but the recent federal stimulus didn’t provide it, so agencies cobbled together a new program, finding money to support it for two months, even as it plans to ask the Biden administration for funding to upgrade to the previous level, according to information presented at a joint agency news conference Wednesday.
Where Are You in the Line for the COVID-19 Vaccine?
Pennsylvania has modified its vaccination plan to add more people to the next group to get the shot.
January 10, 2021
PHOTO: ALLEGHENY COUNTY HEALTH DEPT.
There are now four phases to Pennsylvania’s plan to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine to all Pennsylvanians who want it and your age, health and occupation will determine your place in line.
Gov. Tom Wolf and Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levin announced Friday the fourth iteration of the plan that now includes more essential workers in the earlier phases.
“It will take several months before there is vaccine available for everyone,” said Levine. “We have said that some time, maybe late spring, certainly by the summer, we will be able to go on to Phase 2, or the general public.”
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Pennsylvania officials continue to retool the state’s vaccination plan to fall in line with recommendations from federal groups and further define who can get the vaccine and when, releasing the fourth iteration of plan on Friday afternoon.
“It will take several months before there is vaccine available for everyone,” said Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine. “We have said that some time, maybe late spring, certainly by the summer, we will be able to go on to Phase 2, or the general public.”
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