As part of the priority to safely and quickly get more students back in the classroom, Gov. Tom Wolf and the COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force on March 3 announced that Pennsylvania will use the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) single-dose COVID-19 vaccine for PreK-12 teachers and other school staff.

Wolf was joined by task force members Sen. Art Haywood, D-Montgomery; Rep. Bridget Kosierowski, D-Lackawanna; Sen. Ryan Aument, R-Lancaster; and Rep. Timothy O'Neal, R-Washington.