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COVID-19: Thompson home recovering

Congressman Glenn Thompson is back home and plans to work remotely this week in the wake of a breakthrough COVID-19 diagnosis. Thompson’s diagnosis was announced in a Friday statement when the Congressman “began experiencing cold-like symptoms and was promptly tested for COVID-19. While he is vaccinated, the test came back positive.” According to an update posted Saturday, Thompson was released from Walter Reed National Military Center Friday evening “after receiving outpatient treatment for COVID-19 and has returned to his home in Pennsylvania to recover.” Thompson ...

County reports two more COVID deaths

There were two more deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the latest report from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. So far, COVID has caused or contributed to the deaths of 122 Warren County residents. There were 29 new cases and four new COVID-positive patients at Warren General Hospital added to the county’s totals in Thursday’s release. There have been 3,869 total cases, 3,108 confirmed and 761 probables. The department said there were 10 cases at Warren General on Thursday. That number reflects more than one day of data, according to officials. The number on Wednesday was ...

Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine more than 90% effective in kids

Kid-size doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine appear safe and nearly 91% effective at preventing symptomatic infections in 5- to 11-year-olds, according to study details released Friday as the U.S. considers opening vaccinations to that age group. The shots could begin in early November — ...

COVID-19 cases continue to rise at county jail

COVID-19 cases in the Warren County Jail continue to rise. About 60 percent of the inmates — in addition to 13 staff — have tested positive for the virus. That was part of an update given by Warden Jon Collins to the Prison Board during a meeting this week. “COVID is in there,” he ...

60 cases, 2 deaths added to COVID toll

COVID cases continue to pile up in Warren County. There were 60 new cases of COVID-19 reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health on Wednesday. That is higher than any report since Dec. 22, when over 70 new cases were reported. The county’s single-day record is 78 cases, from Dec. 19. There was only one case reported on Monday, and 19 on Tuesday. The county’s total stands at 3,840, with 470 of those being reported this month. According to the department, there have been 24 cases in the county among children under five years old and 173 among children five to 18 since Aug. ...

Panel to consider House GOP objections to school mask order

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania House Republicans are hoping a rarely used procedure will halt a statewide school masking order Thursday when a special panel will consider whether it should be formally adopted as a regulation rather than simply as an order by the acting Health secretary. The Joint Committee on Documents, an obscure entity that consists of members of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's administration, other executive branch officials and legislative leaders, was set to meet and potentially vote on the validity of Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam's Aug. 31 order. The ...