Less than 42% of the more than 1 million vaccine doses allocated to Pennsylvania have been distributed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections confirmed the outbreak of cases at the State Correctional Insitution Forest, which is located in Marienville.
Even as the pandemic enters its deadliest stage yet, Redfield told NPR on Friday that the country is “about to be in the worst” months of the crisis.
China had largely contained the novel coronavirus but has suffered a surge of cases since December.
While the new strain is not inherently more deadly, if it indeed causes more infections, some of which become serious, it could ultimately result in more death as well.
President-Elect Joe Biden shared details of how his administration hopes to tackle the country’s public health crisis. It’s an aggressive plan that he needs Congress to fund.