U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon announced that a Federally Qualified Health Center in Eddystone, ChesPenn Health Services, will be receiving “hundreds if not thousands of additional vaccines,” under a new federal program, writes Erin McCarthy and Justine McDaniel for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The vaccines will go to the most-at-risk communities.

Federal, state and local representatives, at a bi-partisan press conference Thursday, asked the state to make up a vaccine shortage in Delaware County.

Some hope federal vaccines, possibly through a FEMA mass vaccination clinic, could come to Delaware County since the governor disputes no vaccine shortage exists.

“It’s been a really frustrating time for all of our constituents,” Scanlon said. “We know there’s not enough for everyone.”

Nearly 200,000 eligible residents are on the county’s waiting list, said County Council Vice Chairman Monica Taylor.

Officials want clear data from the state and a plan for making up vaccine inequities.

They demanded that no county inoculate the next level of people eligible for the vaccine until all the counties move forward together.

“We need an answer today, or no later than tomorrow,” State Sen. Anthony Williams said. “Just a direct answer.”

Read more at The Philadelphia Inquirer about the fight for more vaccines in Delaware County.