“We only received 1,000 vaccines in the last week. We certainly asked for more than that,” said Delaware County Councilor Kevin Madden.
The county has two mass vaccination sites, one in Yeadon and one in Aston. Madden said they are ready to vaccinate more than 500,000 people living in the region.
He said the percentage of residents who received both doses of the vaccine was also low.
“It’s a little over 1% at the moment. It’s a very fragmented system. I think the countries that have done well have been a very highly coordinated process at the national level. This is not the case here,” he said.
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However, he urges residents to stay the course and wear masks. He also wants everyone to check the county’s website to see if your primary care doctor can still administer the vaccine.
“Anyone who accesses the county’s website can see a list we keep in real time of all the providers in the county who have the vaccine,” Madden said.
Val Arkoosh, chairman of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, says he is in the same situation. They only received 1,000 new doses for the first time this week. If they do not receive more, they say they may run out of doses for their clinics early next week.
“This will allow our clinic to operate until next Monday, and that’s only because we have vaccines in the clinics on Monday and Tuesday, which had to be canceled,” Arkoosh said.
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However, there was good news, Montgomery County received vaccinations with the second dose.
“I want to remind everyone, wherever you received the first dose of vaccine, where you need to go to get the second dose,” Arkoosh said.
They opened a second mass vaccination clinic at Norristown Area High School.
In Montgomery County, so far, just under 1.5% of the population has been completely vaccinated.
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