Case counts decreased for the third week in a row, with 18,183 new cases of COVID-19 reported this week, 21% less than last week. The statewide COVID-19 total case count now stands at 1,172,288. Across the state, 20 counties saw their…
Townships Eligible for Federal Vaccination Tax Credit
Townships that voluntarily provide paid sick and family leave to their employees due to COVID-19 between April 1, 2021, and September 30, 2021, are eligible to apply for federal tax credits. The paid leave may include leave taken by employees to receive or recover from COVID-19 vaccinations if your township approved this non-mandated…
Pfizer First to Seek Full FDA Approval
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech have asked the Food and Drug Administration for full approval of their coronavirus vaccine for people ages 16 and older. The vaccine and two others are currently available in the United States under an emergency authorization…
Commonwealth COVID-19 Enforcement Reporting Appears to Have Ended
You may have noticed that Thursdays have been the day we bring you weekly updates on the Commonwealth’s Covid enforcement activities. After more than a year of enforcing the mitigation orders, weekly or regular reporting on enforcement efforts appears to…
Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 Mitigation Orders to be Lifted May 31
Yesterday, the Wolf Administration and the COVID-19 Vaccine Legislative Task Force announced that all mitigation orders, except for the masking order, will be lifted on Monday, May 31, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. The masking order will be lifted when 70% of eligible…
Pa. COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Decline
COVID case counts declined for the second week in a row, with 23,091 new cases reported this week, a 16% decrease compared to last week. The statewide COVID-19 total case count now stands at 1,154,105. Across the state, 20 counties saw…
Commonwealth COVID-19 Enforcement Update
The following COVID-19 mitigation enforcement reports were released this week. The Pennsylvania State Police did not release an enforcement report. Pa. Department of State: For the week of April 18, the Bureau of Enforcement and Investigation performed 460 inspections of licensed…
Pennsylvanians Passes 8 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Administered
Just over two weeks since Pennsylvania made everyone 16 and older eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, the commonwealth has now administered 8.1 million vaccine doses and nearly 48% of eligible Pennsylvanians have received at least a first dose. More…
CDC Updates Guidance for Fully Vaccinated People
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released updated health recommendations for fully vaccinated people. Township officials should note that Pennsylvania’s mask order automatically incorporates updated CDC guidance on masking. People are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after their second dose in a two-dose…
Johnson & Johnson Vaccinations Resume
The state Department of Health today notified all vaccine providers to resume administering doses of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices determined that incidents of rare blood clots received within two weeks of…
