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Travelers passing through Pittsburgh International Airport can soon opt to pay for a covid-19 test before or after their flight, joining airports worldwide now offering the tests to passengers, according to airport officials.
Health insurance is not accepted, and the cost ranges from $95 for a rapid antigen test, $125 for a PCR covid test, and $175 for both tests. The rapid antigen tests give results in about 15 minutes, and PCR tests take one or two days.
“Whether people are traveling now or planning a trip in the future when they feel more comfortable, we want travelers to know that public health, safety and security are always our top priorities,” April Gasparri, senior vice president of Public Safety, Operations and Maintenance, said in Blue Sky.
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MARQUETTE The same pandemic that restricts travel and manufacturing is having a measurable impact on decreasing air pollution in parts of the Great Lakes region, experts say.
It is an impact that scientists can detect with sensors mounted on NASA satellites and that measure nitrogen dioxide, a pollutant that can exacerbate human respiratory problems such as asthma, cause acid rain and speed the creation of ozone and the pace of climate change.
It’s a tricky impact to measure, experts say. Weather, wildfires and other sources of pollution can mask the air quality effect of an economic lockdown. And clean air gains were reported before the pandemic. The Allegheny County Health Department in Pennsylvania reported that in 2019, nitrogen dioxide levels in Pittsburgh had dropped every year since 1999.
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PITTSBURGH, PA The Allegheny County Health Department on Tuesday reported 1,059 confirmed and probable new coronavirus cases. There have been 41,333 cases since the outbreak began in March, up from 40,874 on Monday.
The county reported10 new coronavirus deaths. The county death toll now stands at 675, up from 665 on Monday.
The 569 confirmed cases came from 2,395 new tests - a positivity rate of 23 percent. For comparison purposes, the latest positivity rate for tests across Pennsylvania is 16 percent, state officials said.
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There have been 2,580 hospitalizations during the outbreak.
With 17,522 cases in Westmoreland County, 6,662 in Washington County, 6,643 in Butler County and 6,256 in Beaver County, that brings the total number of cases to 78,416 when Allegheny County numbers are included. That s up from 76,920 from Monday.
Pittsburgh International Airport to launch COVID-19 testing site next week Share Updated: 12:36 PM EST Dec 15, 2020
Pittsburgh International Airport to launch COVID-19 testing site next week Share Updated: 12:36 PM EST Dec 15, 2020
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Show Transcript PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TESTING FOR TRAVELERS. IF YOU’RE WONDERING HOW IT WILL WORK WHEN IT’LL BE OFFERED, HOW , MUCH IT WILL COST PITTSBURGH’S , ACTION NEWS 4 REPORTER ELENA LAQUATRA HEADED OUT TO THE AIRPORT TO GET THOSE ANSWERS. ELENA: STARTING ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, IF YOU ARE A TICKETED TRAVELER HERE AT THE AIRPORT YOU CAN MAKE YOUR WAY THROUGH SECURITY AND IF YOU WANT, YOU HAVE TO PAY, BUT YOU CAN GET A COVID TEST. JOINING AIRPORTS IN OTHER CITIES WORLDWIDE LIKE ROME, HONG KONG, LOS ANGELES, TAMPA AND FRANKFURT, PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WILL SOON BE OFFERING ON-SITE COVID TESTING TO INCOMING OR DEPARTING TRAVELERS. IT’S DEFINITELY CONVENIENT FOR TRAVELER
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PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County’s Health Department is looking to dismiss a complaint filed by a Pittsburgh restaurant which sued it for its allegedly unconstitutional enforcement of COVID-19 emergency orders and further stop it from being sent to bankruptcy court.
The Cracked Egg, LLC of Pittsburgh first filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on Sept. 23 versus Allegheny County and the Allegheny County Health Department, of Pittsburgh.
The Cracked Egg is a family restaurant in the Brentwood section of Pittsburgh, which argues it was negatively affected by Gov. Tom Wolf’s disaster emergency declarations and other orders associated with the coronavirus pandemic in March.