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Dear Director Padfield: I write today with the support of 14 state representatives and two senators serving Northeastern Pennsylvania to urge you to establish mass vaccination sites in Northeastern Pennsylvania, as soon as possible. The coronavirus pandemic has taken a serious toll on Northeastern Pennsylvanians’ physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. As of March 8, the counties in my district had reported 50,512 confirmed cases and 1,558 deaths. The devastation of this health and economic crisis on our families, small businesses, and workers cannot be overstated. Thankfully with the...

U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, sent a letter to Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Director Randy Padfield with the support of 14 state representatives and two state senators from Northeast Pennsylvania urging the agency to set up mass COVID-19 vaccination sites in the region as soon as possible. Cartwright wrote that streamlining distribution of COVID-19 vaccines through mass vaccination sites is critical to not only reducing severe illness and death from the virus, but also staying ahead of new virus variants. Cartwright also noted resources the American Rescue Plan would pro...