. HARRISBURG Gov. Tom Wolf will lift restrictions that temporarily halted indoor dining, shuttered gyms, casinos, and theaters, and suspended in-person sports and extracurricular activities at schools. The short-term closures, which Wolf imposed in mid-December to slow soaring coronavirus cases and hospitalizations around the state, will expire as planned at 8 a.m. on Jan. 4, the governor said during a Wednesday news briefing. Other mitigation rules, including mandatory mask-wearing and limits on gatherings, will remain in effect. “This does not mean we are out of the woods, not by any means,” said Wolf, who along with Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine pressed the need for residents to continue avoiding unnecessary travel and social gatherings.
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Pennsylvania health officials will start conducting covid-19 case investigations digitally for some people, the Department of Health announced Monday.
The department unveiled a new “digital case investigation tool” for state residents between the ages of 19 and 64 who live in a county without its own county or municipal health department. The tool is an online form, called the Connect & Protect Form.
Health Secretary Rachel Levine said the form will work in tandem with the state’s existing case investigation and contact tracing tools, including calls from public health professionals and Covid Alert PA, the mobile contact tracing app. She said residents between 19 and 64 will still get a phone call, but they’ll be asked to provide their email address to receive the Connect & Protect Form.
And when Pykosh arrives at work next week, she will be safer. Not immune, but more resistant.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, developed less than a year after the virus was identified, was approved last week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, considered the world’s strictest medical regulator. The first of nearly 3 million doses, packed in dry ice to maintain ultra-cold temperatures, were shipped to some states last weekend. This is going to take time to get to everyone to make sure everyone who wants the vaccine can get it. Including those in the priority categories set forth by the CDC, Health Secretary Rachel Levine said.