Headlines:
• UPMC launches new website for Covid-19 vaccine registration: Those eligible for Phase 1A can register online or by phone and will be put on a waiting list to be contacted when vaccine doses are available. (Source: CBS 21) Meanwhile, some Pa. state senators are calling for a centralized registration system. (Source: WGAL)
• Lancaster EMS vaccinates 100+ at mobile clinic: The pop-up clinic set up Sunday at Faith Tabernacle Church of God in Christ. It will return to offer 2nd doses on March 21. (Source: ABC 27)
• Lancaster County could receive more Covid-19 vaccine doses under new distribution formula: The state’s new formula will likely consider a county’s ability to distribute the vaccine, and the size of its population aged 65 and over when allocating federal vaccine doses, said State Sen. Ryan Aument, who is a part of Gov. Tom Wolf's Covid-19 task force. (Source: LNP)
• Pat Burnley, co-founder of Kitchen Kettle Village in Intercourse, dies at 92: Burnley, who is remembered as being a "friend to all," passed away from natural causes on Friday. (Source: LNP)
• National roundup: U.S. approaches half a million lives lost to Covid-19. (Source: AP) Biden gives small businesses a two week window for federal aid. (Source: UPI) Novavax finishes enrolling 30,000 Americans in late-stage volunteer trial. (Source: Reuters) Biden upends Trump's federal vaccine assistance calculation. (Source: NBC) U.S. attorney general nominee Merrick Garland faces Senate confirmation hearing. (Source: USA Today)
