At a news conference, state Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine called Monday âa great dayâ as 83 hospitals across the state began immunizing health care workers against the deadly pathogen.
Five UPMC workers in Pittsburgh rolled up their sleeves, receiving the vaccine to applause and cheers. UPMC â which has 90,000 employees in 40 hospitals across Pennsylvania, including UPMC Lititz â received 975 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Monday morning, said Tami Minnier, UPMCâs chief quality officer.
Pennsylvania is expected to receive 97,500 doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week, state officials announced. More doses are expected to arrive next week.
If Modernaâs vaccine receives FDA approval this week, as expected, Pennsylvania could begin receiving that vaccine next week as well.
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