Department Of Health: Cancel Duplicate Appointments To Help Ensure Vaccine Is Available For All

April 9, 2021

Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania Department of Health Acting Secretary Alison Beam today urged all Pennsylvanians to remember to both attend a scheduled COVID-19 vaccine appointment and cancel any unneeded appointments so that all...

Pennsylvania Partners With Walgreens To Finalize Vaccination Efforts To Priority Populations In Congregate Care Settings

April 9, 2021

Harrisburg, PA – Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Teresa Miller today announced that Pennsylvania will partner with Walgreens to administer COVID-19 vaccinations to staff and residents of congregate care settings licensed by DHS that were not...

Department Of Health: Over 6 Million Vaccinations To Date, First Doses Of Vaccine To 35.6% Of Population, PA Ranks 19th Among 50 States For First Dose Vaccinations

April 9, 2021

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., April 9, there were 5,048 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 1,064,092. There are 2,451 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. Of...

Department Of Health: Over 5.9 Million Vaccinations To Date, First Doses Of Vaccine To 35.4% Of Population, PA Ranks 14th Among 50 States For First Dose Vaccinations

April 8, 2021

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., April 8, there were 4,746 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 1,059,044. There are 2,425 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. Of...

Human Services Secretary Highlights Work Of Early Childhood Education Providers During The Pandemic, Availability Of COVID-19 Vaccines For Head Start Professionals

April 7, 2021

Harrisburg, PA – Department of Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller today visited the Grace Lutheran Church of Lancaster with Lancaster’s Community Action Partnership to highlight Pennsylvania’s ongoing work to facilitate COVID-19 vaccinations for Head...

Department Of Health Joins St. Luke’s University Health Network, Muslim Aid Initiative To Discuss Vaccine Hesitancy

April 7, 2021

Allentown, PA – Pennsylvania Department of Health Acting Secretary Alison Beam today joined leaders from St. Luke’s University Health Network and Rabiul Chowdhury from the Muslim Aid Initiative to talk about vaccine hesitancy among minority groups across...

Gov. Wolf Discusses Vaccine Equity and Progress on Visit to McKeesport Vaccination Clinic

April 7, 2021

As Pennsylvania’s vaccination plan accelerates and more than a third of the state’s eligible population is vaccinated, Governor Tom Wolf today visited a new vaccination clinic in McKeesport to talk about vaccine equity and progress. “Since Pennsylvania providers began...

Department Of Health: Over 5.7 Million Vaccinations To Date, First Doses Of Vaccine To 35.4% Of Population, PA Ranks 11th Among 50 States For First Dose Vaccinations

April 7, 2021

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., April 7, there were 4,643 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 1,054,298. There are 2,384 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. Of...

Wolf Administration Announces Opening Of Regional Vaccination Clinic In Centre County

April 7, 2021

​Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) and Department of Health today announced the opening of a Regional Vaccination Clinic (RVC) at the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State’s University Park campus in Centre County. “Initially, this...

Department Of Health Offers Update On COVID-19 Investigations, Contact Tracing, Monitoring Efforts

April 6, 2021

Harrisburg, PA – The Department of Health (DOH) today shared a weekly update on Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing data, encouraging Pennsylvanians to download the COVID Alert PA app, as more than 864,000 have...