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What COVID restrictions are in place across the Delaware Valley?
Here’s what you need to know about current restrictions, recommendations, and mandates across the Delaware Valley.
3 years ago
Walkup COVID-19 vaccine appointments begin in Montco
These appointments can only be used for the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, or the single-shot dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
3 years ago
A test case at Convention Center shows big events can be done safely in Philly
A multi-weekend volleyball tournament is being heralded as a test case for a return of conventions to Philadelphia.
3 years ago
Biden aims for vaccinating 70% of adult Americans by July 4
Already more than 56% of adult Americans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and nearly 105 million are fully vaccinated.
3 years ago
Capacity limits on Delaware restaurants, retail stores, churches to be lifted
Coronavirus rates have been on a steady decline, but are still well above the year’s lows recorded in mid-March.
3 years ago
Why lagging COVID vaccine rate at rural hospitals ‘needs to be fixed now’
When it comes to persuading people to get a COVID-19 vaccine, health care professionals are influential. In some rural communities, hospital staff themselves are hanging back.
3 years ago
Vincent Hughes, Sheryl Lee Ralph-Hughes host vaccination clinics
State Sen. Vincent Hughes and wife Sheryl Lee Ralph-Hughes are hosting five vaccination clinics throughout West Philadelphia as part of their #StopTheVirus campaign.
3 years ago
Children now account for 22% of new U.S. COVID cases. Why is that?
A year ago, COVID-19 cases in children made up less than 3% of the U.S. total. On Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics said children represented 22.4% of new cases.
3 years ago
Advocates push for centralized homebound vaccine plan in New Jersey
As New Jersey officials push to get more residents vaccinated, advocates are calling for them to make it easier for some of the most vulnerable people to get inoculated.
3 years ago
Listen 3:31Though behavioral health cases remain a small number of the overall emergency visits, the increase is causing concern.
3 years ago
Despite pandemic, Atlantic City casinos reinvesting millions
The latest to open the corporate checkbook is Hard Rock, which told The Associated Press on Monday it will spend $20 million on renovations.
3 years ago
N.J. coronavirus update: State to lift most indoor and outdoor crowd restrictions in 2 weeks
N.J. will lift restrictions on outdoor gatherings and allow businesses to operate at full capacity with physical distancing. Here’s what you need to know.
3 years ago
Philly teen confronts misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine
The director of CHOP’s Vaccine Education Center rebuts the memes and other misinformation (zombies!) circulating out there on social media.
3 years ago
Listen 3:19India is counting thousands of daily COVID deaths. How many is it missing?
Scientists, funeral directors and survivors say the real numbers of infections and deaths in India may be many multiples more than the reported figures.
3 years ago
TSA extends mask mandate aboard flights through summer as travel increases
Even as COVID-19 cases decrease and more Americans get vaccinated, the TSA is keeping strict regulations on mask-wearing when traveling domestically.
3 years ago
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