PHILADELPHIA - Officials are hoping and predicting that by April 30th, half of the city's adults will be vaccinated, which will allow for more reopening efforts.
As the rest of the state prepares to move forward with easing coronavirus restrictions on April 4, Philadelphia officials have insisted on remaining behind in order to quell the increasing cases of COVID-19."We are very concerned about the rising COVID rates and now the rising hospitalizations.
Still, there are more than 20 deaths occurring per week," Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley explained. "We believe that those changes, if we adopt them here in Philadelphia, could further increase rates of cases, hospitalizations and deaths."Instead, Dr.