More people are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Pennsylvania.
Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam explains the four groups of frontline workers who are now eligible for the vaccine.
Those populations eligible under this special initiative include the following.
- Law enforcement. Defined as police, sheriffs and deputies, constables, corrections officers and staff, as well as probation and parole staff.
- Firefighters. Defined as both career and volunteer firefighters.
- Grocery Store workers. Defined as all workers in supermarkets and grocery stores. This does not include workers from super centers, convenience stores, general retail with some smaller footprint for food sales, beverage stores, and farmer’s markets.
- Food and Agriculture workers. Defined as all food processing company employees, including meat, poultry, and dairy processing, fresh fruit and vegetable packing operations, and food manufacturing. Also includes all farmworkers, farm operators, and farm managers, including at urban agriculture operations.
We also learned the dates when other groups will be eligible.
- Phase 1B will be eligible on April 5th.
- Phase 1C will be eligible on April 12th.
- Every Pennsylvanian on April 19th.
Butler Health System currently has appointments available to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Those can be viewed here.
