PITTSBURGH (Feb. 25, 2021) – Continuing with Allegheny Health Network’s (AHN) and Highmark Health’s commitment to expanding access to COVID-19 vaccinations for residents of the greater western Pennsylvania community, AHN will host large-scale, first-dose COVID-19 vaccination clinics today and tomorrow at PNC Park.

A total of more than 6,000 patients who fall in the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s Phase 1A have already been pre-registered to receive the vaccine at these two clinics. The clinics are open only to those who have already been scheduled to receive the vaccine. No walk-ins will be accepted.

The AHN vaccine clinics will be held in the Home Plate Club at PNC Park. ALCO Parking is providing parking for vaccine recipients at no cost in its nearby lots.

As part of AHN’s efforts to reach all members of the community with the vaccine, a number of deaf individuals will be vaccinated at this Friday’s clinic and will be guided through the experience by seven sign language interpreters from Sign Language Interpreting Professionals.

Following these two clinics, AHN will have vaccinated more than 12,000 individuals at PNC Park – all of whom will return to the ballpark to receive their second dose of the vaccine. Recipients who received the vaccine at the first clinic at PNC Park, held on February 6, will return this Saturday to receive their second dose. Recipients at tomorrow’s and Friday’s clinics will return on March 18 and 19.

With the continuing limited supply of the COVID-19 vaccine, AHN is currently holding appointment-only vaccination clinics. As vaccine supply is available for scheduling, high-risk patients who have an AHN MyChart account will be alerted, and the Network will activate its online scheduling portal (ahn.org/coronavirus/vaccine) for those who are eligible to receive the vaccine based on the Department of Health’s eligibility phases. To ensure both speed an equitable distribution of the vaccine, AHN will continue to target the most vulnerable populations, including marginalized communities which have been most acutely impacted by the pandemic.

WHAT:

Two appointment-only COVID-19 vaccination clinics for more than 6,000 ‘Phase 1A’ patients who have pre-registered to receive the vaccine. Note that this event is not open to those who have not pre-registered.

WHEN:

TODAY, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 and TOMORROW, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021

8 AM – 4 PM

WHO:

• More than 3,000 eligible patients will receive a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at each clinic on Thursday and Friday
• Imran Qadeer, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Allegheny General Hospital