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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">January 16, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CANCELS COVID VACCINE PODS BASED ON LACK OF SUPPLY
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">All Vaccine Appointments for January 18 through 20 are Cancelled<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ERIE COUNTY, NY – The Erie County Department of Health (ECDOH) is announcing the cancellation of all scheduled ECDOH COVID-19 vaccination
Points of Distribution Clinics (PODs) for Monday, January 18, Tuesday, January 19, and Wednesday, January 20. This includes locations at Erie Community College South and Erie Community College North.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">These cancellations are based on last night’s New York State (NYS) notification informing ECDOH that its vaccine allocation will
be dramatically reduced from the expected amount. ECDOH is dependent on NYS for its vaccine supply, and is not able to order COVID vaccine directly from the manufacturer or the federal government. Starting with an initial order of 99,000 doses in early January,
ECDOH’s orders of 10,000 each subsequent week have only been partially filled.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For example, last week ECDOH was allocated 7,500 doses by NYS for its PODs for the week. This week, ECDOH was allocated 4,200 doses
by NYS, and was able to obtain another 1,200 doses from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and 100 doses from Hospice Buffalo. Unfortunately, ECDOH was advised last night that it will receive 1,700 doses from NYS for the entire week, and there does not
appear to be any other doses that could transferred from another entity to ECDOH.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">All future appointments at ECDOH PODs should be considered tentative, and are subject to vaccine availability. Upcoming first-dose
appointments will be cancelled if ECDOH does not receive additional doses from NYS.
<b>Individuals who have scheduled second-dose appointments at ECDOH PODs are not affected by these cancellations</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">As reported by the
<i>Washington Post </i>on Friday, January 15, the federal government’s vaccine reserve has been depleted, and vaccine doses promised to states are simply not available.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">“We realize the cancellation of these vaccine appointments will be tremendously disappointing to those who were scheduled to receive
their first dose of vaccine at these clinics,”<b> said County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz</b>. “Our entire COVID response team is incredibly frustrated with the federal government’s failure to establish a reliable vaccine supply and their lack of urgency to
get vaccine to agencies, such as our Department of Health, that can get vaccinate those who currently qualify.”
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">These cancellations will affect 3,695 individuals who have scheduled appointments at ECDOH PODs. Emails and a robocall are planned
to make individual notifications about the cancellations. Those affected will be offered an appointment at a future POD site once a vaccine supply is secured.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">“Our PODS are prepared to start vaccinating eligible residents as soon as we have a supply,”
<b>said Commissioner of Health Dr. Gale Burstein</b>. “We have been planning for this and have our sites, staff and scheduling process in place; the only limiting factor at this point is the vaccine. Going forward, we have to assume that there will be extremely
limited vaccine availability until supply can keep up with demand.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This announcement does not affect scheduled appointments at non-ECDOH sites, including pharmacies, federally qualified health centers
(FQHCs), hospitals and NYS sites. Those who are eligible are strongly encouraged to keep those appointments, and schedule at other locations if there are openings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Since opening up its first POD on January 4, ECDOH has distributed 13,201 first doses of the Moderna COVID vaccine to eligible
persons, including 1,602 doses at two PODs on January 15. ECDOH is currently capable of distributing more than 2,000 doses daily at three PODs, with delivery being solely dependent on receiving sufficient vaccine doses to meet its capability.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For more information: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Erie County Department of Health
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(ECDOH)</span></b><b><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, COVID-19</span></b><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">:
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.erie.gov/covid19"><span style="line-height:105%">http://www.erie.gov/covid19</span></a></span><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">E</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">CDOH</span></b><b><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">,
COVID-19 Information Line</span></b><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">: (716) 858-2929 – foreign language interpretation available<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Erie County Department of Health, Online Case Mapping:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.erie.gov/covidmap"><span style="line-height:105%">www.erie.gov/covidmap</span></a></span><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Hotline:</span></b><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
(888) 364-3065</span><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">NYSDOH, Novel Coronavirus</span></b><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">:
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/coronavirus/"><span style="line-height:105%">https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/coronavirus/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://getmyflushot.org/"><span style="color:blue">Make time to get a flu vaccine.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Kara Kane</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<b><span style="color:blue">|</span></b> Public Information Officer (Health)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Erie County
<b><span style="color:blue">|</span></b> Health<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">95 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY 14202<br>
P: (716) 858-4941 <b><span style="color:blue">|</span></b> F: (716) 858-8701<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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