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Department of Health Highlights August 2020 Nursing Home Inspection, Sanction Information Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

15 de septiembre de 2020

Harrisburg, PA – In the August 2020 report, Pennsylvania Department of Health nursing home surveyors conducted 635 inspections of nursing homes, including 379 complaint investigations. Of these, 522 were COVID-19 specific. In addition,...

Department of Health Shares Weekly Update on COVID-19 Investigations, Contact Tracing, Monitoring Efforts

September 14, 2020

Harrisburg, PA – The Department of Health today shared its weekly update on Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing data. “Contact tracing is an important tool in the public health toolbox to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19, and...

Democratic Lawmakers Host Hearing on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Arts, Cultural, and Historical Institutions of PA

September 14, 2020

Harrisburg – September 14, 2020 – The Senate Democratic Policy Committee today held a virtual public hearing to focus on issues impacting the arts, cultural and historical institutions across Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania COVID-19 Early Warning Monitoring Dashboard Update for Sept. 4-10

September 14, 2020

El Gobernador Tom Wolf y la Secretaria de Salud, la Dra. Rachel Levine, han publicado hoy una actualización semanal de la situación en la que se detallan los esfuerzos de mitigación del estado basados en el panel de control del sistema de vigilancia de alerta temprana COVID-19. Las actualizaciones se publican todos los lunes. La actualización incluye...

State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement September 11-13: 1,049 Compliance Checks; Seven Notices of Violation

September 14, 2020

Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania State Police Liquor Control Enforcement Officers visited 1,049 licensed liquor establishments from Friday, September 11 through Sunday, September 13 to ensure businesses are abiding by COVID-19 mitigation requirements that include...

Department of Health Provides Update on COVID-19, 1,258 Two-Day Positives Bring Statewide Total to 145,063

September 14, 2020

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., September 14, that there were 638 additional positive cases of COVID-19 on September 13 and 620 additional positive cases of COVID-19 on September 14, bringing the...

News Digest :: September 14, 2020

September 14, 2020

Legislature Huge budget cuts could hurt people with mental illness, disabilities most, Pa. providers fear https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/huge-budget-cuts-could-hurt-people-with-mental-illness-disabilities-most-pa-providers-fear/ Top Pa. GOP lawmaker taps...

News Digest :: September 13, 2020

September 13, 2020

Legislature Lawmakers take record before voters under new election rules https://www.witf.org/2020/09/12/lawmakers-take-record-before-voters-under-new-election-rules/ Coronavirus – COVID-19 New medical device aims to stimulate COVID patients’ lung function...

Department of Health Provides Update on COVID-19, 920 Positives Bring Statewide Total to 143,805

September 12, 2020

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., September 12, that there are 920 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 143,805. All 67 counties in Pennsylvania have cases of COVID-19....

News Digest :: September 12, 2020

September 12, 2020

Legislature More Pa. Senate employees test positive for COVID-19 https://www.penncapital-star.com/blog/more-pa-senate-employees-test-positive-for-covid-19/ Pa. Democratic lawmakers face difficult vote on high school sports bill that Gov. Wolf plans to veto...