State officials provide more insight into COVID-19 school guidelines
The Dept. s of Education and Health are working to ensure any questions are answered as new efforts are being put forth for students to return to in-person learning. Author: Victoria Lucas (WPMT) Updated: 10:33 PM EDT April 7, 2021
HARRISBURG, Pa. COVID-19 cases are still on the rise here in the commonwealth but state officials are still making efforts to provide in-person learning for students.
This past week, the Departments of Education and Health updated their COVID-19 guidelines on schools to correlate with new mitigation efforts put out by the CDC.
Acting Secretary for the Department of Education, Noe Ortega has said the department understands the need for students to have in-person learning and this effort will most likely need funding to pursue this.
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Medical workers are vaccinated against COVID-19 at a clinic set up in the gym at Montgomery County College in Blue Bell, Pa on Jan. 6, 2021. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Amid a worrying climb in COVID-19 case counts, there is good news on the vaccination front in Montgomery County: the state sent the county its largest delivery of vaccine to date.
“For this week only, we are receiving a double shipment of the Johnson and Johnson, one-shot vaccine equaling 21,000 doses. This is in addition to the 5,850 doses of Pfizer,” said Dr. Val Arkoosh, chair of the county Board of Commissioners.