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First doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrive at hospitals in Franklin and Adams counties

The COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Franklin and Adams counties on Wednesday. Pharmacists from WellSpan Chambersburg and Waynesboro hospitals were on hand to receive Pfizer s vaccine, according to a news release. Doses of the vaccine were also delivered to WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital. The first vaccinations are expected to be given on Friday to health care workers who are at the highest risk for exposure to COVID-19. This is in line with the Pennsylvania Department of Health s phased approach. The vaccine will be offered to all WellSpan employees and patients as more doses become available. It will be a number of months yet before the vaccine is broadly available to the general public.

COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Franklin County, Adams County hospitals

WellSpan hospitals are among the first 100 in the state to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. In Lebanon, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital received its first shipment on Tuesday. WellSpan s Ephrata Community Hospital and two hospitals in York are still to receive their first doses this week.  “The COVID-19 vaccine represents a bright spot for our teams who have tirelessly cared for their friends and neighbors with COVID-19,” said WellSpan Health President and CEO Roxanna Gapstur, Ph.D., R.N. “We are encouraged by the available data, which tell us the Pfizer vaccine is 95 percent effective in lowering a person’s risk for developing COVID-19. Our hope is the vaccination will allow our teams and patients to stay healthy while alleviating the strain on health systems across Pennsylvania.”

First vaccine shipment expected today at WellSpan Good Samaritan

LebTown (LebTown file photo) The first coronavirus vaccine was administered Monday at U.S. hospitals in New York, Connecticut, Kentucky, Iowa, Michigan and Washington, D.C. Lebanon County expects to receive and administer its first batch of the long-awaited Pfizer vaccine today, a hospital official said Monday. “WellSpan received notification from the Pennsylvania Department of Health that seven of WellSpan’s hospitals serving as point of distribution (POD) sites to vaccinate frontline employees are included in the state’s first 100 hospitals to receive vaccine shipments,” Ryan Coyle, manager of public relations and communications at WellSpan Health, said in an email Monday morning.

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