Gov. Wolf Announces Most COVID-19 Mitigation Orders Will Be Lifted By May 31
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA) Governor Tom Wolf announced Tuesday that COVID-19 mitigation orders except for the mask mandate will be lifted effective May 31, starting at 12:01 a.m. on that day.
Effective May 31, we are lifting COVID mitigation orders.
The masking order will be lifted when 70% of Pennsylvania adults are fully vaccinated.
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“The masking order will be lifted when 70% of Pennsylvania adults are fully vaccinated,” Wolf wrote on Twitter.
By Bill OBoyle and The Associated Press boboyle@timesleader.com
Gov. Tom Wolf speaks in Philadelphia on Monday during a news conference encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Wolf’s administration, in coordination with the COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force, announced Tuesday that mitigation orders will be lifted on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, at 12:01 a.m.
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The marquee at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza reminds the public to wear a face mask during the pandemic. The Wolf administration, in coordination with the COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force, announced that mitigation orders except masking will be lifted on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, at 12:01 a.m.
The Restaurant Revitalization Fund has opened its doors, offering relief to an industry devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic in areas like the Poconos and the surrounding northeast region of Pennsylvania.
As the pandemic forced indoor dining shutdowns, limited seating capacities and specialized rules and cutoffs for alcohol consumption, the restaurant and hospitality industry suffered significant losses and numerous closings not only in the northeast region of the Keystone State, but across Pennsylvania and beyond.
The Restaurant Revitalization Fund hopes to provide a helping hand to those establishments that experienced as-yet incalculable losses to their income.
The fund will offer restaurants, bars and other eligible businesses that serve food and drink funding equal to their pandemic-related revenue losses up to $10 million per business. As long as those funds are put toward approved uses by March 11, 2023, the relief does not have to be repaid.
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