More Coronavirus Testing Offered In Delaware County This Week - Marple Newtown, PA - Delaware County is providing more public, drive-thru coronavirus testing this week in Darby.
Coronavirus Testing Available All Week In Delaware County - Marple Newtown, PA - Those who live and work in Delaware County can get coronavirus tests this week at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby.
UpdatedTue, Jan 19, 2021 at 11:37 am ET
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You have several chances to get tested for the coronavirus this week in Delaware County. See details on testing here. (Shutterstock)
DELAWARE COUNTY, PA More drive-thru coronavirus testing is available this week at two sites in Delaware County.
The county is conducting public drive-thru coronavirus testing at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby from through Friday and at the US Army Reserve in Upland on Tuesday
Testing is available for insured and uninsured individuals 12 years of age or older who live or
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work in Delaware County and have coronavirus symptoms, were exposed to coronavirus, or are considered critical/essential workers.
Nurses at St. Mary Medical Center in Middletown ratified their first union-won contract Saturday, a pact that calls for an 18% increase in pay over five years.
The nearly 800 nurses went on a short strike in November after more than a year of negotiations failed to deliver an accord with Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic, the owner of the 371-bed hospital, the largest in Bucks and its main trauma center.
The new contract ratified by 96% of the nurses meets several of their demands, including safe staffing, better wages, fair and transparent policies, and a continued voice in issues such as scheduling and grievance procedures. It was negotiated under the leadership of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, the union which St. Mary nurses joined last year.
Four schools in Delaware County are shifting from hybrid learning to fully virtual as a result of increasing COVID-19 positive tests results.Â
Two schools in the Ridley School District, Amosland Elementary and Ridley High School, will be fully virtual beginning Tuesday morning. A third Ridley school, Edgewood Elementary, is already virtual due to low instructor levels with staff quarantined. On the rolling 14 day those schools are impacted, said Ridley Schools Superintendent Lee Ann Wentzel. You can t just look week to week, you have to look every day, people drop off from the previous week based on when they tested positive.