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Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald is asking all companies and organizations within the county to require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine by Jan. 1. The county's daily COVID-19 numbers remain "stubbornly high."
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More than 70% of Pennsylvania adults are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. But it might take a while before the entire state passes this mark. That’s because less than half of adolescents are fully vaccinated.
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The union representing Allegheny County’s police force has filed a legal complaint opposing the county’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees. The document contains a number of statements that medical experts say are false or gross misinterpretations of data.
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Though they comprise 41% of Pennsylvania's population, unvaccinated and partially vaccinated residents account for 74% of the state's hospitalizations.
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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pennsylvania poison centers have seen a rise in exposures among ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine and hydrogen peroxide.
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Pennsylvania Department of Health data show that more than a quarter of the state’s nearly 5,000 COVID hospitalizations were fully vaccinated.
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In September, 90 people died of COVID-19 in Allegheny County. This is the highest monthly number since April when 91 people died from the disease. Unlike the fatalities in April, nearly all of September’s COVID deaths were preventable due to the wide availability of the vaccine. The COVID fatalities include nine people between the ages of 25 and 49. None were vaccinated.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Allegheny County and across Pennsylvania are at the same level that was last seen in mid-November of last year, according to data from the state’s Department of Health.
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Once-a-week COVID-19 testing can cost more than $6,000 a year.
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A recent data analysis by the Black Equity Coalition found that the percentage of vaccinated Allegheny County residents who are Black decreased between March and April of 2021.