Pennsylvania lifting COVID restrictions on Memorial Day
Updated May 04, 2021;
Pennsylvania will lift all COVID-19 restrictions except an order to wear a mask while in public on Memorial Day, the Wolf administration announced Tuesday.
Capacity restrictions on bars, restaurants and indoor and outdoor gatherings will go away on May 31, more than a year into the pandemic.
“We continue to make significant progress in the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19 and as more Pennsylvania adults get vaccinated and guidance from the CDC evolves, we can continue to move forward with our reopening efforts,” Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam said in a news release.
All restrictions related to gatherings, restaurants, and other businesses will be lifted. Author: WNEP Web Staff, AP Published: 1:05 PM EDT May 4, 2021 Updated: 1:51 PM EDT May 4, 2021
HARRISBURG, Pa. The state is lifting COVID-19 mitigation restrictions on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31. Masking restrictions will remain in place until 70 percent of Pennsylvanians are fully vaccinated.
All restrictions related to gatherings, restaurants, and other businesses will be lifted.
The Wolf administration, in coordination with the COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force, made the announcement Tuesday.
Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam said in a news release Tuesday that Pennsylvania is making “significant progress” in the fight against COVID-19 and more people are getting vaccinated.
The announcement arrived with little fanfare, via news release, even as Gov. Tom Wolf planned to sweep aside pandemic measures he imposed last year to slow the spread of the coronavirus, which has infected nearly 1.2 million and killed more than 26,000 statewide.
Officials said the time was right to lift nearly all restrictions. The latest wave of infections and hospitalizations has started to ebb, and more than 50% of the state’s population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
“We continue to make significant progress in the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19 and as more Pennsylvania adults get vaccinated and guidance from the (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) evolves, we can continue to move forward with our reopening efforts,” Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam said in the statement.
May 4, 2021
HARRISBURG (AP) Pennsylvania will lift all COVID-19 restrictions except an order to wear a mask while in public on Memorial Day, the Wolf administration announced this afternoon.
Capacity restrictions on bars, restaurants and indoor and outdoor gatherings will go away on May 31, more than a year into the pandemic.
The state made the announcement with little fanfare, via news release.
“We continue to make significant progress in the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19 and as more Pennsylvania adults get vaccinated and guidance from the CDC evolves, we can continue to move forward with our reopening efforts,” Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam said in the statement.
May 4, 2021
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Pennsylvania will lift all COVID-19 restrictions except an order to wear a mask while in public on Memorial Day, the Wolf administration announced Tuesday.
Capacity restrictions on bars, restaurants and indoor and outdoor gatherings will go away on May 31, more than a year into the pandemic.
“We continue to make significant progress in the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19 and as more Pennsylvania adults get vaccinated and guidance from the CDC evolves, we can continue to move forward with our reopening efforts,” Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam said in a news release.
The Health Department said an order requiring people to wear masks while away from home will be lifted once 70% of Pennsylvanians aged 18 and older are fully vaccinated. That percentage stood at nearly 42% on Tuesday, according to federal data, while 63% of those 18 and older had at least one dose.