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Pennsylvania targeting doctors over blanket mask exemptions

Some Pennsylvania physicians are offering stock doctor's notes for use by parents wishing to have their children exempted from wearing masks in school, according to state health officials who say they have referred the matter for possible disciplinary action. A statewide, universal mask mandate for Pennsylvania schools went into effect Tuesday as the Wolf administration seeks to keep school buildings open for in-person learning amid the latest surge in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths. The acting health secretary's face covering order contains an exemption for students ...

29 new COVID cases reported in Warren County

There were 29 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Warren County on Wednesday. There have bee 2,931 total cases in the county according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health — 2,245 confirmed and 686 probables. That means about 7.48 percent of the county has or has had the virus. There have been about 260 new Warren County cases in the last 30 days. The death toll remains at 110 county residents. The community transmission rate for the county is ‘high’ according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The same is true for every county in the state as of ...

Parents express frustration with state mask mandate

On Day One of the new mandate requiring masks be worn in schools, members of a local group protested. Members of Parents’ Right to Choose gathered at the Warren County School District central office in Russell Tuesday morning. They bore signs with messages like “No More Masks” and ...

Statewide mask mandate for Pennsylvania schools takes effect

A statewide mask mandate for Pennsylvania schools went into effect Tuesday with some school districts in open defiance of the Wolf administration, while GOP leaders in the state House planned to come back to Harrisburg early to mount a legislative response. The state health secretary's order that students, staff and visitors at K-12 schools and child care facilities are required to wear masks while indoors, regardless of vaccination status, has provoked outrage from some parents, students and school board members who say the decision should remain local. Some districts faced ...

Group protests statewide mask mandate in schools

A group of protesters were outside the Warren County School District central office to share their message with passersby Tuesday morning. The group wants to see a repeal of the statewide mandate that masks be worn in school.

29 new COVID cases reported in Warren County

The recent surge of COVID-19 cases in Warren County continued on Friday as the latest figures from the Pennsylvania Department of Health added 29 cases to the local tally. That is higher than the monthly totals of both June (21) and July (18) and the highest single-day total since there were 38 new cases on May 4. The total number of cases in the county was 2,881 as of Friday, with 2,206 confirmed and 675 probables. Warren County remains second lowest in the state in the number of cases per capita. There have been 73.5 cases per 1,000 residents. Susquehanna County has a slightly ...