Your Health Checkup
Your Health Checkup: New Vaccine Rollout
Episode 6 | 2mVideo has Closed Captions
Reports on local community health issues and solutions.
Pennsylvania decides to speed up the rollout of its phased vaccine approach, opening eligibility to hundreds of thousands more people.
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Your Health Checkup is a local public television program presented by PBS39
Your Health Checkup
Your Health Checkup: New Vaccine Rollout
Episode 6 | 2mVideo has Closed Captions
Pennsylvania decides to speed up the rollout of its phased vaccine approach, opening eligibility to hundreds of thousands more people.
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Nearly four months into rog out Covid-19 vaccines, the Pennsylvania Department of Health is speeding up the state's phased approach, launching these special initiatives allows us to address demand and vaccine hesitancy while keeping our current vaccination progres moving.
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Asf this week, those in Phe one B, which includes many people who work alongside e public, are now eligible tt the vaccine next week begig April 12.
Those in Phase one seek cat a shot and by April 19th te vaccines are open to all Pennsylvania's.
It's a great relief to Pennsylvania fans everywheo know that they are going te considered now to be eligie for vaccine.
We've had very successful rollouts here in the High Valley.
Dr Alex Benjamin from Lehih Valley Health Network welcs the news but says the suppy from the state has hinderee rollout.
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We're faced with the challg of not only being able to r first dose vaccines to peo, but keeping uwith our continued trend of giving t those second doses as well.
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