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COVID testing in Franklin County and vaccine distribution has begun. Here is what you need to know, and how to go about getting vaccinated.

As the COVID vaccine has been issued, questions abound as to access, cost, procedures and dosage usage. Those questions are answered here.

Before her 1-year-old son contracted the novel coronavirus, Brittany Rasnake was already behind on bills. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Rasnake said, she left her factory job to take care of him when his daycare closed. She went on unemployment. Eventually, she said, she was able to pay her rent for October and November. With doctor’s orders to quarantine, that meant she’d have to miss time from her new job at a feed mill in East Berlin. “I was basically playing catch-up on everything,” said Rasnake, 26, who also delivers groceries part-time on the side. But after falling behind...

March 19: First cases in Adams, Lancaster and Lebanon counties March 19: Gov. Wolf announces that all "non-life-sustaining" businesses in Pennsylvania must close their physical locations. Businesses could request waivers to stay open. Enforcement was set to begin at 8 a.m. March 23. March 20: First case in Franklin County March 22: First case in Dauphin County March 22: Pennsylvania residents get their first taste of the terms quarantine, isolation, social distancing and shelter in place. Find out what they mean here. March 23: Wolf extends "stay-at-home" order to eight more counties, includ...

EMS workers. Healthcare workers outside hospitals. Long-term care residents. They are all part of the first phase. And after that, people over 75 who don’t live in a nursing facility and essential workers are part of the next phase. She said at a news conference Wednesday that new guidelines were released Tuesday that break down who will be in the next phase for vaccinations. It’s a large group. Levine doesn’t know when that group – 1B – will begin to receive the vaccination, and she doesn’t know how it is going to be rolled out once they can start.