Updated on January 28, 2021 at 2:52 pm
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The disclosure that the city didn t require contracts for vaccine administrators comes one day after it ended the relationship with a business called Philly Fighting COVID.
The city dumped Philly Fighting COVID over privacy and data concerns after it became known that the organization is for-profit.
The city health secretary said he will look at better ways to check up on organizations before partnering with them. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
On Tuesday, amid questions of the vetting process that the Philadelphia Public Health Department uses to evaluate vaccine partners, city officials acknowledged that there are no contracts with organizations administering the vaccine on behalf of the city.
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Farley said that the city s provider agreement with Philly Fighting COVID was based on the group s previous success in administering COVID-19 testing. The opportunity was given to them because of a sudden and urgent need to distribute the city s limited vaccine supply and quickly reach unaffiliated health care workers who were eligible to receive the vaccine.
For the sole purpose of getting these groups vaccinated, Farley said the clinics were a success. Obviously in retrospect, it wasn t good for us to have a partnership with that organization, Farley said. We ll see what sort of additional things we might do to check up on another organization working with us.