Geisinger Wyoming Medical Center in Plains Twp. is among seven Pennsylvania hospitals that received doses of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, according to the state Department of Health. The doses received at Geisinger are part of an initial 97,500 doses Pfizer is delivering to 87 Pennsylvania hospitals by next Monday. âGeisinger plans to begin providing vaccinations at these facilities to eligible employees within 24 hours,â said Giesinger spokesman Matt Mattei, in a press release. The first doses of the vaccine will be administered to staff members working on the front lines of COVID-19. âIn alignment with Pennsylvania Department of Health and federal guidelines, during this initial phase, we will be providing vaccines to front-line staff whose daily work involves significant interactions with COVID-19 patients and other staff in critical departments,â said Mattei.
LebTown (Karolina Grabowska via Pexels) The Women’s Club of Lebanon awarded $12,000 in grants on Dec. 5 to four local nonprofit organizations that are caring for people who are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. During the virtual presentation event, Jo Ellen Litz, Women’s Club president, said the organization had initially planned to award $10,000 in grants, but the board agreed to increase the amount to $12,000. Lebanon Valley Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) and Lebanon Rescue Mission each received a $5,000 grant. The Caring Cupboard and Jonestown Outreach PantrY (JOY) each received a $1,000 grant. “The need [for healthcare services] is great with COVID-19. The grant will touch so many people in our community,” said Dr. Victoria (Vicki) Brown, a physician at VIM.
bkibler@altoonamirror.com Justin Bailey (right) of Altoona buys a used snowblower from Jason Mapes, owner of Altoona Small Engine on Broad Avenue on Monday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski “Stay home” has been a mantra of the Wolf administration’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, and on Tuesday, in expectation of today’s big snowstorm, the administration doubled down on that mantra, to help ensure that hospitals get scheduled shipments of the new coronavirus vaccine. Officials have urged people to stay home for months to avoid infecting themselves and others, and on Tuesday, they urged people to stay off the highways so delivery trucks from Michigan have less to contend with as they transport doses of Pfizer’s new drug to Pennsylvania hospitals in weather that could bring up to 2 feet of snow.
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Lebanon hospital becomes first in midstate to get COVID-19 vaccine, others expect delivery this week Updated Dec 15, 2020; Posted Dec 15, 2020 Steve Thomas,, regional pharmacies director for WellSpan Health, accepts the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to hit south central Pa. Tuesday, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon.Photo provided by WellSpan Health Facebook Share Beating the snow, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon became the first hospital in the south central Pennsylvania to receive doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday. The big delivery in small, cold-locking containers arrived about 10:30 a.m., and it will be stored in the hospital pharmacy until vaccinations of selected staff begins later this week.
Nearly 1,000 doses of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine arrive at Lebanon County hospital CBS 21 News Replay Video UP NEXT This morning, nearly 1,000 doses of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine arrived at a Central Pennsylvania hospital as the largest vaccination program in U.S. history continues. CBS 21 was there as the 975 doses of the vaccine arrived at WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon. Some of the doses will be used to vaccinate healthcare workers on the frontline. The shipment was greeted by cheers from doctors and nurses as it was wheeled through the doors of the hospital. You can see what the moment looked like below:
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The first doses of the new Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to be given in Pennsylvania were administered by a Pitt-Bradford graduate to a group of five front-line health care workers at UPMC Childrenâs Hospital of Pittsburgh late Monday morning. The hospital system chose to administer the shots with some fanfare and in a public setting in part to demonstrate how normal the process is, and in that way to encourage all Pennsylvanians to take the vaccine as it becomes available more generally over the next weeks and months. That, health care experts have said, will soon become the best weapon yet in the fight to control and, eventually, stop the spread of the virus that is responsible for nearly 300,000 deaths nationwide this year.