Local health facilities and Washington and Greene County leaders have joined forces to create three large vaccination clinic sites in the hopes of speeding up COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Meanwhile, Southwestern Pennsylvania health care leaders expressed frustration at the limited number of vaccine doses they have received since the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration in mid-December, and said they donât have enough vaccines to meet the expanded eligibility guidelines announced Tuesday by the state Department of Health.
The Washington-Greene County Consolidated COVID Vaccination Plan â which includes Washington Health System, Allegheny Health Network Canonsburg Hospital, Monongahela Valley Hospital, Centerville Clinics, Cornerstone Care, Washington and Greene County commissioners, and local EMS â is working on plans to set up vaccination sites in Peters Township, the city of Washington, and Wayn
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. David Lopatofsky, chief medical officer, UPMC in the Susquehanna Region, agrees with and supports the following statement shared by his colleagues on the Southwestern PA Regional Chief Medical Officer Consortium.
“While UPMC is encouraged by the public’s eagerness for the vaccine, we simply do not have adequate vaccine supplies or clear notification of when and how much is coming to be able to meet the new, much larger group as discussed (Tuesday) by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
“Our health care sites and systems will need to continue to prioritize those seeking vaccination, identifying the most vulnerable in their area to serve first and to optimize impact during this time of short supply. That means many requests for vaccination will not be met in the next days to weeks, and this is not from a lack of desire.”)
Top medical leaders in Western Pennsylvania warned Wednesday there is no adequate vaccine supply to meet demand prompted by expanded eligibility in the state, according to a strongly worded letter from the group. Leaders issued the letter in response to the state’s push to get more vaccines into arms, including
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