Lehigh Valley bars accused of violating state's holiday COVID shutdown
Lehigh Valley bars accused of violating state’s holiday COVID shutdown Updated Jan 31, 2021; Pennsylvania State Police on Friday announced citations against Lehigh Valley bars and restaurants for allegedly violating the three-week ban on indoor dining over the holidays. Gov. Tom Wolf and Dr. Rachel Levine, then the state’s health secretary, instituted the temporary ban that also affected businesses like gyms and casinos as well as high school sports, from Dec. 12 to Jan. 4. “This virus continues to rage in Pennsylvania,” Wolf said at the time. “And over the past several weeks it’...