Public Health
White House’s social distancing guidelines will be ‘fading out,’ Trump says
The current coronavirus guidelines that were set to expire Thursday will not be extended as more governors begin steps to reopen their economies.
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Jewish museum in Philly sends most of its staff home without pay
The National Museum of American Jewish History entered bankruptcy court right before the pandemic hit.
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Two more people in Pa. state prisons die after testing positive for COVID-19
Two more people incarcerated in Pennsylvania state prisons have died after testing positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to three since the pandemic began.
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Residents with no COVID-19 symptoms seek tests at new Camden County site, are turned away
Camden County’s new COVID-19 testing site opened Wednesday, drawing many people without symptoms who said they also should be tested.
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Coronavirus update: Mayor Kenney announces first steps for reopening Philadelphia
Philadelphia will start lifting its coronavirus restrictions by reopening golf courses and resuming construction projects.
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N.J. will guide municipalities on how to handle beaches this summer, Gov. Murphy says
New Jersey officials will offer guidance to municipalities on how to manage beaches during the upcoming summer months, Gov. Phil Murphy said on Wednesday.
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Masks might be uncomfortable, but they are Delaware’s required ‘new normal’
Gov. John Carney’s latest executive order took effect Tuesday morning. His public health director says it should last “for quite some time.”
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Coronavirus update: Sussex hot spot accounts for bulk of Delaware’s new cases
About 70 percent of new cases reported Wednesday by the Delaware Division of Public Health were in Sussex County, the state’s coronavirus hot spot.
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Spotlight PA
The state could need to conduct about 19,000 tests per day and employ as many as 2,000 contact tracers, numbers that far exceed current levels.
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Coronavirus update: N.J. to reopen parks, freelancers get unemployment
The reopenings take effect Saturday. Freelancers and gig workers to start receiving unemployment payments.
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PA Post
Pa. counties struggle to find enough masks, gloves for in-person voting June 2
"Literally, ‘Pay me now and maybe you will get some stuff some time in the future,’ is where some vendors are starting," said one Berks County official.
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NPR
The U.S. hits 1 million coronavirus cases, one-third of all the world’s cases
More Americans have now died from coronavirus in less than two months than in the entire nine years of the Vietnam war — more than 58,000.
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South Jersey filmmaker Brian Holcomb, 46, died before finishing his greatest work
Brian Holcomb spent two decades making his greatest film. After his death from COVID-19, three childhood friends from Atco want to help him finish it.
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How regulatory, price obstacles frustrate two counties’ COVID test goals
Montgomery and Chester counties want to do more tests in jails and nursing homes, but state and federal regulations are getting in the way.
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The Philadelphia Tribune
Black barbershop owners are divided over coronavirus social distancing
"These barbers, they're risking their lives, but they're doing fine," said one barbershop owner. "You going to die from infection or you going to die from starvation?"
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