Stories tagged: "coronavirus"

Coronavirus Travelers wearing protective masks as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus move about the a terminal at the Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. A federal judge's decision to strike down a national mask mandate was met with cheers on some airplanes but also concern about whether it's really time to end one of the most visible vestiges of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Coronavirus Two Pennsylvania Airports, Two Different Masking Policies

A federal judge said masks are no longer required on planes, but the return of Philadelphia’s indoor mask mandate means passengers still need to mask up in the airport terminal.

Patrick Berkery Patrick Berkery April 19, 2022 4:14 pm EDT
Coronavirus FILE - A sign requiring masks as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus on a store front in Philadelphia, is seen Feb. 16, 2022. Philadelphia is reinstating its indoor mask mandate after reporting a sharp increase in coronavirus infections, Dr. Cheryl Bettigole, the city's top health official, announced Monday, April 11, 2022. Confirmed COVID-19 cases have risen more than 50% in 10 days, the threshold at which the city's guidelines call for people to wear masks indoors. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Coronavirus COVID Won’t Leave Philly Alone: City Brings Back Indoor Mask Mandate

With confirmed COVID-19 cases doubling, Philadelphia is bringing back the indoor mask mandate.

Associated Press Associated Press April 12, 2022 12:33 pm EDT
Coronavirus Beth Pardo and her daughter Zoe Ko view a burial service for Winifred Pardo via video conference, in Orefield, Pa., in April 2020. When 91-year-old Pardo died, presumably from COVID-19, her family was in other states and couldn't attend the funeral because of the coronavirus pandemic. So a Brooklyn funeral director turned to people in her own neighborhood for help. And people responded. One woman did some embroidery for the casket. Others sent over lilacs and daffodils. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Coronavirus If You Lost a Family Member to COVID, You Could Get Help With Funeral Costs

Families who lost loved ones to COVID-19 can get up to $9,000 to cover funeral costs through FEMA’s Funeral Assistance program.

Patrick Berkery Patrick Berkery March 16, 2022 2:12 pm EDT
Coronavirus A health worker shows a negative COVID-19 antigen test result. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Coronavirus Insurers to Start Covering Home COVID Tests

Americans will be able to either purchase home testing kits for free under their insurance or submit receipts for the tests for reimbursement.

Associated Press Associated Press January 13, 2022 12:36 pm EST
Coronavirus People wait at a COVID-19 mobile testing site run by the Department of Public Health in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Coronavirus Pennsylvania Asks FEMA For Help With COVID Surge

The Wolf administration requested Federal Emergency Management Agency "strike teams" for hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and ambulance companies in the hardest-hit areas of the state.

Associated Press Associated Press December 16, 2021 10:07 am EST

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A voter wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus, steps from the voting booth after casting a ballot at a polling place in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Elections Want to Protect Democracy? Here’s How to Become a Poll Worker in Pennsylvania
A proposed Pennsylvania Senate district map is displayed during a meeting of the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. The commission voted Thursday in favor of new preliminary district maps over sharp objections from the House's Republican leader about how his chamber's district lines would change. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Elections Up for Grabs: 5 Races That Could Shift the Balance of Power in the Pennsylvania State Senate
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Coronavirus FILE - James Robson, a biomedical engineering graduate student, holds a swab and specimen vial in the new COVID-19, on-campus testing lab, Thursday, July 23, 2020, at Boston University in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Coronavirus 1st Confirmed Omicron Case in Pennsylvania Reported in Philadelphia

No other details were immediately available, including whether the man was vaccinated against COVID-19 or if he had been traveling. Health officials said contact tracing was underway.

Associated Press Associated Press December 6, 2021 9:53 am EST
Coronavirus Learning support teacher Sabrina Werley holds the bottle of hand sanitizer for a student at Cumru Elementary School in Berks County. (Reading Eagle Photo via Getty Images/ Ben Hasty)
Coronavirus PA Mask Mandate for K-12 Schools Remains for Now, Justices Rule

The justices in a 5-1 decision put on hold a lower-court order. If the justices hadn't acted, the mask mandate would have ended on Saturday.

Associated Press Associated Press November 30, 2021 5:24 pm EST