Covid-19 headlines for Tuesday, May 19, 2020:
• County prepares for primary, with precautions: Plans include Plexiglas barriers, masks and hand sanitizer. The Board of Elections has sent out 47,000 mail-in ballots. (Source: LNP)
• Nursing home Covid-19 data coming today: Until now, facilities were not required to release Covid-19 case counts to local officials or families. (Source: CBS 21)
• Return of the drive-in: Fifteen years after Lancaster County's last drive-in theater closed, Penn Cinema, Spring House Brewery and Mount Hope Estate & Winery are planning outdoor showings. (Source: LNP)
• National/world roundup: President Trump says he's taking hydroxychloroquine. (Source: AP) Mnuchin, Powell will testify today to a Senate committee about federal Covid-19 relief. (Source: NPR) Online Covid-19 support groups are booming. (Source: NBC News) Trump threatens to withdraw from the World Health Organization. (Source: USA Today)
- Doctors say lack of local health department complicates Covid-19 vaccine rollout - January 15, 2021
- Local doctors counter ‘vaccine hesitancy’: Covid-19 shots are safe, effective - January 15, 2021
- PPP Round 3: Small businesses, nonprofits encouraged to apply to updated Covid-19 loan program - January 13, 2021