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Pa. will spend up to $5 million on a new contract to ramp up cleaning in the Capitol Complex after a state custodial worker in Harrisburg tested positive for COVID-19.
5 years ago
Pennsylvania reports no virus deaths; first time since March
Pennsylvania health officials on Monday reported no new deaths attributed to COVID-19 for the first time in more than four months.
5 years ago
N.J. coronavirus recovery: Murphy limits capacity for indoor gatherings
New rules restrict Indoor groups to 25% of a room’s capacity, or 25 people, down from 100. Excluded: weddings, funerals, memorials, religious services.
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Delaware establishes new program to retrain workers laid off during the pandemic
Delaware will use $10 million in CARES Act funding to provide job training and employment resources to those laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Popular Broad and Walnut streets Wawa permanently closes
The Broad and Walnut streets Wawa, once the Delco-based convenience store chain's flagship when it opened in 2015, is permanently closing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Which Philly coronavirus test sites get results the fastest? Here’s what they said
Long delays make it harder to contain pandemic spread — so the city is buying new machines to process samples locally.
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Eagles coach Doug Pederson tests positive for COVID-19
Pederson, 52, is the second NFL head coach to test positive for the novel coronavirus.
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Uncle Bobbie’s opened to build community. Now that community is helping it reopen
Marc Lamont Hill’s Germantown coffee shop and bookstore, which was designed to build community in the largely Black neighborhood, is set to reopen after multiple break-ins.
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Listen 2:12MIS-C: Doctors make progress on COVID-related illness affecting kids
While doctors say they have more information on how to treat MIS-C, it's still a mystery why some children get it and others don't.
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Listen 2:26Early in pandemic, frantic doctors traded tips across oceans
Doctors who faced the first coronavirus onslaught reached across oceans and language barriers in an unprecedented effort to advise colleagues trying to save lives in the dark.
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Negotiators report progress in COVID-19 aid talks
“This was the longest meeting we had and it was more productive than the other meetings,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
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Phillies get OK to train at Citizens Bank Park after negative COVID-19 tests
Activity at Citizens Bank Park had been canceled after three people tested positive for COVID-19 since last weekend.
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Frustration and misunderstanding: For deaf folks, masking can cause communication barriers
Widespread mask usage curbs the transmission of coronavirus. But it can also hide faces, muffle sound, and derail communication for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
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Delaware panel calls for ‘culture of compliance’ to handle COVID-19 resurgence
Delaware’s fight against an expected resurgence of the coronavirus this fall needs to be a cooperative effort, a state panel told Gov. John Carney Friday.
5 years ago
Rehoboth Beach area reeling from ‘jaw-dropping’ decline in visitors
Delaware’s beach towns normally overflow with weekly renters and other visitors who sunbathe, shop and party. Not this year.
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