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New Year’s Eve 2020 and New Year’s Day 2021: What’s open? What’s closed? Banks, post offices, mail delivery, restaurants and more
Updated Dec 31, 2020;
Posted Dec 31, 2020
The Peeps Drop concludes PeepsFest on Dec. 31, 2014, on the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks campus in Bethlehem.Chris Post file photo | lehighvalleylive.com contributor
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Ringing in 2021 will be different this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Historically, the New Year has been celebrated on Jan. 1 since 45 B.C. as the Julian calendar took effect, according to the History Channel. Many are expected to stay home as Pennsylvania remains in a “precarious place” with the coronavirus and Gov. Tom Wolf last month began advising residents to stay home whenever possible during the holidays.
Bethlehem-based OraSure to send information to FDA on 1st oral COVID-19 antibody test
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration needs more information before it will allow Bethlehem-based OraSure Technologies to release a first-of-its-kind oral COVID-19 antibody test, according to a news release from OraSure.
The FDA guidance on COVID-19 anitbody tests focuses on blood tests since they’re the only kind of test available, according to OraSure President and CEO Stephen S. Tang.
“To date, there are no oral fluid antibody tests for COVID-19 authorized for sale in the U.S.,” Tang said. “The agency did not outline specific requirements for an oral fluid test.”