LEHIGH VALLEY

LVHN VACCINATIONS: Since April 13, there are three ways to schedule a vaccination appointment for any LVHN COVID-19 vaccination event, includingdrive-through clinics:

1. People with a MyLVHNaccount, the health network’s patient portal, can log in and click “Schedule your appointment” next to the vaccination announcement on the home screen. Under “Menu,” you also can click “COVID-19 Vaccine Scheduling.” You also can click “Visits” and “Schedule an appointment.” MyLVHN is the fastest and easiest way to schedule.

2. People without a MyLVHN account can visit LVHN.org/appointmentand follow the directions.

3. You can call LVHN’s COVID-19 Vaccine Hotline at 833-584-6283 (833-LVHN-CVD). The COVID-19 Vaccine Hotline hours of operation are Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m-5:30 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. However, because of large demand and call volume, you may be placed on hold.

Appointments will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

For current vaccination information, visit LVHN.org/vaccines.

SINGLE DAY HIGH: Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) continued efforts to provide COVID-19 vaccine to as many people as possible as quickly as possible on Wednesday, April 14, vaccinating a one-day high of 9,286 people at all vaccination sites. It was the first time LVHN was operating vaccination locations on the same day at its new community clinics in Whitehall and Lower Nazareth townships, Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, LVHN hospitals in Monroe, Luzerne and Schuylkill counties, and LVHN’s Mobile Vaccination Unit, which visited local housing authority sites in Schuylkill County.

LVHN’s previous one-day high was reached April 9 when nearly 7,500 people received the COVID-19 vaccine.

PENNSYLVANIA

JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE: The Department of Health said Thursday a 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman is among those hospitalized for a rare blood clot after receiving Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine. The department extended its pause on distributing the vaccine until April 24 in step with guidance from the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after six women between the ages of 18 and 48 developed blood clots within two weeks of receiving the one-shot vaccine.

NATIONAL

FUNERAL EXPENSES: Beginning April 12, 2021 families that experienced the death of a loved one due to COVID-19 may be eligible for up to $9,000 in funeral assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Two pieces of legislation recently passed by Congress – the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 – authorized FEMA to provide financial assistance to families that incurred COVID-19-related funeral expenses after January 20, 2020.

Funeral assistance is intended to assist with expenses for funeral and memorial services, and burial, interment or cremation. This 1- 844-684-6333 has been established to help individuals to apply.