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Health commissioner says it could take another 12 months to vaccinate population of Philadelphia

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PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley painted a grim outlook on the city's future as the coronavirus pandemic rages on and vaccine rollout continues.During a response briefing on Tuesday afternoon, Dr.

Farley claimed that at the current rate, it could take another 12 months to vaccinate everyone in Philadelphia.The city's top health official described his COVID-related updates as 'mixed,' but it seemed closer to 'dismal.'Case counts remain high, a new 'substantially more transmissible' form of the virus "may be" here, and the city is not getting enough doses of the vaccine."In a city of 1.6 million people, this is not enough.

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