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Officials in Philadelphia teamed with Philly Fighting COVID to set up a mass vaccination site. But the event turned out to be a nightmare.

On top of Philly news Roused by reporting on the startup’s questionable practices, lawmakers beginning to speak out. Signs on the window of the city's first mass vaccination at the Pa. Convention Center on its opening day, Jan. 8 Kimberly Paynter / WHYY Jan. 27, 2021, 2:45 p.m. �� Love Philly? Sign up for the free Billy Penn email newsletter to get everything you need to know about Philadelphia, every day. Local and state officials are clamoring for investigations and issuing strongly-worded condemnations after Philadelphia abruptly severed i...

The city of Philadelphia trusted a group run by a 22-year-old to vaccinate thousands, a venture that reportedly did not end well.

Philly Fighting COVID CEO Andrei Doroshin Admits to Giving Vaccines to Friends Rudy Chinchilla and Brian X. McCrone © Provided by NBC Philadelphia The 22-year-old CEO of a company once working with the City of Philadelphia to distribute coronavirus vaccines but now embroiled in controversy admitted that he took some vaccines home with him and injected his friends. Andrei Doroshin made the confession Thursday on the TODAY Show in what was his first TV interview since the fallout of the scandal involving Philly Fighting COVID, a group that once injected city-issued vaccines. T...

Philly Fighting COVID leader admits to using leftover vaccines for friends Published  Philly Fighting COVID leader admits to using leftover vaccines for friends Philadelphia recently severed its tie with Philly Fighting COVID after they quietly changed from a non-profit to a for-profit organization, according to the city. PHILADELPHIA - Andrei Doroshin, a 22-year-old Philadelphia grad student who spearheaded the Philly Fighting COVID mass vaccination clinic, confessed to administering leftover doses to his friends during an interview with TODAY. The organization received doses from...