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More than 10K receive vaccination in county

More than 10,000 Warren County residents have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. According to Monday’s data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, 10,084 county residents have been fully vaccinated, with another 4,905 having received the first of two doses. So far, there have been 2,593 cases in the county. Five new cases were announced on Monday. There have been 1,993 confirmed Warren County cases and 600 probables. State-wide, there have been 997,127 confirmed and 189,988 probable cases, according to the department. There are walk-in clinics — no appointment needed ...

Pennsylvania: Businesses, schools can still require masks

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Schools, businesses and other organizations in Pennsylvania may still require masks, even as the Wolf administration loosened its mask mandate to exempt people who are full vaccinated, the state Department of Health said Friday. Pennsylvania adopted new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that said fully vaccinated people don't have to wear masks in most places. But the state is leaving the ultimate decision to businesses and schools. "If you are fully vaccinated, it is an incentive to be able to remove your mask, but businesses ...

Department of Health mask order reflects latest CDC guidance for fully vaccinated individuals

HARRISBURG — The commonwealth’s mask order reflects the announcement made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday. On March 16, the state amended the commonwealth’s mask order by adding language directing to the CDC’s guidance for fully vaccinated people allow for no face coverings. That means the new CDC guidelines automatically go into effect in Pennsylvania. Masking requirement will still be in place for unvaccinated individuals until 70% of Pennsylvanians age 18 and older are fully vaccinated. “Today’s guidance from the CDC affects only people ...

Dozens of students receive vaccine

The Warren County School District and Warren General Hospital got together to offer COVID-19 vaccines to students. On Tuesday, Warren General set up a clinic of Pfizer vaccine on the stage at Warren Area High School. The Pfizer vaccine is the only one so far that has been approved for use ...

Many use stimulus funds to pay property taxes

The stimulus payments most Americans have received over the last year were designed to lessen the burden brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. But a significant number of people in Warren County — about 500 property owners — appear to have used at least a portion of those funds to ...

Rescue Plan for restaurants is pushed

Funding from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan is starting to matriculate out in programming. One example is the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. Administered by the federal Small Business Administration, the program has a pretty simple mission per the SBA: “To provide funding to help restaurants and other eligible businesses keep their doors open.” The funds come with a wide range of uses and are entirely grant dollars as long as they’re spent by March 11, 2023. Vince DeJoy, the city’s planner, said the funding is for “independent restaurants that have 33 percent ...