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Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium stepping up enforcement of vaccine requirements Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium stepping up enforcement of vaccine requirements The Deliverance Evangelistic Church on West Lehigh played host to the mass vaccination effort offering both first and second shots to lines of people, mostly of color, and from the neighborhood. PHILADELPHIA - The Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium is stepping up enforcement of their vaccine requirements to make sure underserved communities can get vaccinated first. Denise Moore Nelson and Nancy Young had never met before coming to ...

“The number of individuals with no health conditions who have never set foot in Black neighborhoods [coming to get vaccines] in the past month has been unconscionable," said the group's founder.

Philly restaurants can expand indoor dining if they boost ventilation. Critics call the plan ‘unclear’ and ‘unenforceable’ Justine McDaniel, Sean Collins Walsh, Michael Klein, The Philadelphia Inquirer © ELIZABETH ROBERTSON/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS Server Grisilda Nika said “it feels good to be back” as she waited on guests at Gallo’s Seafood restaurant on the Roosevelt Blvd on Jan. 16. Restaurants in Philadelphia can bring more diners indoors this weekend if they install enhanced ventilation systems, officials said Tuesday, and the city plans to open three ...

WHYY By In this Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, file photo, a worker prepares a syringe with the COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) One of the city’s largest health contractors offered COVID-19 vaccines over the weekend to its more than 3,000 staff members, many of whom do not work with patients and were not otherwise eligible for the vaccine based on Philadelphia’s prioritization scheme. Public Health Management Corporation sent a note to all employees offering them the opportunity to sign up for the vaccine, either last week or at a special event last Saturday at the nonprofit’s headqu...

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