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The center of the Philadelphia center will soon switch to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, officials announced Monday.
From Tuesday, for the next three weeks, the site will complete the second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, but the first doses will no longer be administered, but no supplements will be accepted.
Once the second doses are completed, the site will begin distributing the diagnostic vaccine for two weeks, according to a release from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which helps manage the location.
The Center Vaccination website was launched on March 3, with the stated goal of ‘expanding the rate of vaccinations in the city of Philadelphia in an efficient, effective and equitable manner, focusing on communities at high risk of exposure to COVID-19. and infection. ”
Since then, vaccination clinics around Philadelphia have proliferated. There are now rotating clinics in the city in various neighborhoods, as well as pop-up clinics aimed at people from subordinate backgrounds or who have specific occupations at high risk. This is in addition to the pharmacies, community health centers and hospitals that receive and distribute doses.