PITTSBURGH — The Homewood Children’s Village was able to get 1,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of vulnerable seniors in underserved areas of the city.
“The idea was to bring the vaccine to the people rather than requiring people who don’t have access to go to the vaccine,” said organizer Dr. Shannah Tharp-Gilliam.
In two days, the organization partnered with a number of groups to launch the vaccination blitz.
“Between Monday at noon and Tuesday at about four, we had 1,200 people preregistered,” Tharp-Gilliam said.
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, more than 2% of people in the state have been vaccinated. More than 55,000 of those people are in our region, and 28,000 are in Allegheny County.
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