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Travelers wait to check in their luggage at the Los Angeles International Airport Saturday, March 14, 2020, in Los Angeles. The coronavirus outbreak is hitting the airline industry hard. President Trump banned most Europeans from entering the United States for 30 days to try to slow down the spread of the virus. The new travel ban is likely to further roil the airline industry as bookings decline and people cancel reservations out of fear they might contract the virus.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Cheap fares luring travelers to fly despite pandemic

Airlines have been slashing flight schedules, especially on international routes, to cope with downward-spiraling demand from fearful leisure customers and a slowdown

5 years ago

The White House Office of Management and Budget issued new guidance Saturday telling federal workers that
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Health

White House tells federal workers to avoid all travel that is not ‘mission critical’

As the coronavirus outbreak continues, the White House has told federal agencies and executive departments to suspend all work travel unless absolutely necessary.

5 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf. (Spotlight PA)
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Gov. Tom Wolf claims expansive powers as coronavirus crisis deepens

In the space of a week, Gov. Tom Wolf has shut down schools statewide, put four counties in lockdown, and directed businesses to temporarily close their doors to customers.

5 years ago

(Max Marin/ Billy Penn)
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Philly scouting potential quarantine sites for city’s homeless population

With multiple Philadelphians testing positive for COVID-19, the city’s Office of Homeless Services has drafted a plan to prevent an outbreak among people living on the street.

5 years ago

A protested eviction in Germantown, July 2012
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Philadelphia halts evictions as coronavirus bears down

Philadelphia's municipal courts' will not execute any evictions for the next two weeks, starting Monday, March 16, in response to the spreading coronavirus pandemic. 

5 years ago

Costco customers roll groceries to their cars as others wait to enter the store on March 14 in San Leandro, Calif. (Ben Margot/AP Photo)
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Lifestyle

Grocery stores start to cut hours as coronavirus prompts surge in panic-buying

With jittery shoppers flocking to supermarkets to stock up on supplies for the coronavirus outbreak, some of the grocery chains are announcing measures to maintain supplies.

5 years ago

Wearing a surgical mask, Melissa Hall checks out of a Wegmans supermarket, Friday, March 13, 2020 in King of Prussia, Pa. (Michael Rubinkam/AP Photo)
Health

Coronavirus update: Wolf orders restaurants, bars to end dine-in service in 5 counties

Restaurants and bars in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Allegheny counties must end dine-in services after midnight Sunday for 14 days.

5 years ago

Tokyo is not buzzing with tourists, but commuters are still packing trains.
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Billy Penn

Coronavirus empties Temple Japan as cherry blossoms bloom early

Some students are staying in Tokyo, since even Philly switched to remote learning.

5 years ago

The U.S. Strategic National Stockpile was started in 1999 to prepare for certain threats to national security. It includes about $8 billion worth of vaccines, medicine, protective gear, ventilators and other kinds of medical equipment. (Strategic National Stockpile/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
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Health

Why even a huge medical stockpile will be of limited use against COVID-19

The United States government maintains an enormous stockpile of emergency medical supplies, and officials have already started dipping into it to help fight coronavirus.

5 years ago

When an infected person touches a surface, like a door handle, there's a risk they leave viruses stuck there that can live on for two to three days. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Health

The new coronavirus can live on surfaces for 2-3 days — Here’s how to clean them

How long can the new coronavirus live on a surface, like say, a door handle, after someone infected touches it with dirty fingers?

5 years ago

Many of us are burrowing in for a few weeks of social distancing as the virus amps up anxiety levels everywhere. Shopping helps, an expert says. (ShutterStock)
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In anxious times, stocking up on stuff is just a natural human response

Many of us are burrowing in for a few weeks of social distancing as the virus amps up anxiety levels everywhere. Shopping helps, an expert says.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during briefing on coronavirus in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, Saturday, March 14, 2020, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Doctor says Trump tests negative for coronavirus

President Donald Trump has tested negative for the new coronavirus, according to the president’s personal physician.

5 years ago

A nurse with ChristianaCare gives a free test for the coronavirus to a driver in Delaware. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: Gov. Wolf announces Bucks, Chester shutdowns; N.J. has second COVID-19 death

The weekend saw school closures and cancellations sweep across the region as the number of COVID-19 cases rose in all three states.

5 years ago

President Trump speaks Saturday at the White House. Officials said a travel restriction would expand to the U.K. and Ireland Monday. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

Coronavirus: U.S. extends Europe travel ban to U.K. and Ireland

The U.S. is extending the current ban on travel from Europe to include the U.K. and Ireland, effective midnight Monday, the Trump administration said Saturday.

5 years ago

A voter receives his I-Voted sticker, at an early voting polling station at the Ranchito Avenue Elementary School in the Panorama City section of Los Angeles on Monday, March 2. (Richard Vogel/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Pa. lawmaker wants expanded vote-by-mail to protect primary voters from coronavirus

Gov. Tom Wolf said he hopes people vote by mail.

5 years ago

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