Association that ends the city with Philly Fighting COVID

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) – The Philadelphia Department of Public Health announced that it is no longer working with Philly Fighting COVID to provide testing or vaccines.

The health department cites the change of corporate status of Philly Fighting COVID as the reason for the collaborative end.

“We have recently been informed of a change in the corporate status of PFC that has occurred without our knowledge, from the non-profit organization to the for-profit organization. As part of this change, PFC has updated its data privacy policy so that it can allow the organization to sell data collected through the PFC pre-registration site, ”said Jame Garrow, a spokesman for the health department.

Garrow called the changes worrisome.

“The city has not been notified that any of this data has been sold. But that PFC has made these changes without debate with the city is extremely worrying. As a result of these concerns, along with the unexpected shutdown of PFC testing operations, the Department of Health has decided to stop providing vaccine to PFC, ”Garrow added.

The health department is currently developing plans to move future vaccine allocations to other providers.

It is also scheduling new clinics to ensure that people vaccinated at PFC clinics at the Convention Center can get their second dose.