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51 Pa. counties have substantial spread of COVID-19, positive test rate drops for 9th week PennLive.com 2/16/2021 Ron Southwick, pennlive.com © \rDan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com/pennlive.com/TNS Jill Johnson adminsters the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Ken Bittner, a medical transporter with UPMC Pinnacle Community LifeTeam. UPMC frontline workers receive the first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg hospital, December 18, 2020 Pennsylvania’s positive test rate for the coronavirus continues to decline, Gov. Tom Wolf’s office said Tuesday....

In unexpected development, some Pa. health care workers declining COVID-19 vaccine PennLive.com 1/7/2021 David Wenner, pennlive.com © \rDan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com/pennlive.com/TNS Each vial contains five doses of the vaccine. UPMC frontline workers receive the first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg hospital, December 18, 2020 It’s well-known a substantial number of Americans are reluctant or unwilling to receive COVID-19 vaccine. But it came as a surprise that a substantial number of health care workers are declining it. Pennsylv...

Updated: 9:20 PM EST Dec 20, 2020 By Tom Lehman The COVID-19 vaccine is viewed by many as a turning point in the pandemic and on Friday, frontline hospital workers in the Susquehanna Valley took the first steps in getting this new protection against coronavirus.There was applause at the hospital after Mark Misczenski received his first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. Misczenski says, "I feel good, no soreness yet."He is a nurse in the emergency department of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Pinnacle in Harrisburg, a facility that has seen many COVID-19 cases. "I'...