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Hospital networks and health care systems across northeastern Pennsylvania began doling out doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to staff this week, kicking off the first phase of an effort to curb the coronavirus pandemic in the commonwealth.
Regional distribution of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration on Dec. 11, began with high-risk individuals in the health care field, along with residents of long term care facilities, as per the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
The vaccine, which has an efficacy rating of 95%, consists of two doses spaced three weeks apart.
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Officials say the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine has arrived at Geisinger including their Wyoming Valley Medical Center and their Lewistown hospital.
Officials at Geisinger say they are planning to give vaccinations to eligible employees within 24 hours. As quickly as they can and as much as supplies allow.
They say frontline workers who interact with COVID-19 patients as well as staff in critical departments will be given the vaccine first. And as more doses begin to come in. Possibly later this week.
They then will begin vaccinating other eligible employees.
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