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Philadelphia officials are working to correct course on the city's COVID-19 vaccination plan after breaking ties with Philly Fighting COVID and the resignation of deputy health commissioner Dr. Caroline Johnson. An expanded health department vaccine team has been assembled to better execute and communicate the city's vaccine plan to various stakeholders.
Updated on February 1, 2021 at 4:25 pm NBC Universal, Inc. Philadelphia Council President Darrell Clarke and Councilwoman Cindy Bass are still hearing it from city residents who are calling to complain about the city's vaccination rollout following the embarrassment of the Philly Fighting COVID debacle last week. Download our mobile app for iOS to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. "There are a lot of questions about what is happening in the city of Philadelphia," Clarke said Monday. "There's some level of embarrassment as it relates to the perception of how we do things here...
'We did the job': Philly Fighting COVID CEO defends himself after city ends partnership Published Philly Fighting COVID CEO defends himself after city ends partnership The Philly Fighting COVID CEO defended himself during a Friday press conference after the city ended their partnership after they learned that Andrei Doroshin had switched his privacy notice to potentially sell patient data, a development he calls a glitch that he quickly fixed. PHILADELPHIA - When Philadelphia began getting its first batches of COVID-19 vaccines, it looked to partner with someone who could get a mass vaccina...
Philly Fighting COVID’s red flags | Morning Newsletter Philly.com Philly Fighting COVID has gotten national attention for mishandling vaccine distribution after the City of Philadelphia cut ties with the organization. PFC, it turned out, had a for-profit arm. Then, CEO Andrei Doroshin admitted to taking doses and administering them to his friends. Now, experts are concerned that this entire situation could be fueling mistrust in medicine, especially in Black and brown communities, at a time where it’s most needed. Here’s the full story on how it was full of red flags from the start. ...
The city of Philadelphia has cut ties with a startup company it entrusted with thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses.City officials shut down the vaccination clinic operated by Philly Fighting COVID amid concerns about the group’s for-profit status and its leader, Andrei Doroshin.Doroshin is a 22-year-old graduate student who has no medical experience.He's accused of several unethical actions, including pocketing vaccine doses for his friends."The doses were about to expire. We called everybody we knew – every single person,” Doroshin said.Doroshin also admitted he is not qualified t...