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COVID-19 cases have been increasing in Pennsylvania, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows it has one of the highest per capita case counts in the nation over the past week. Even so, Wolf s administration said it “has no plans at this time to reinstitute any shutdown orders. It instead noted that mask-wearing, gathering limits and social distancing remain required as the state gradually reopens.
Other governors also are staying on course to reopen society as they simultaneously expand vaccine eligibility, potentially complicating President Joe Biden s efforts to conquer the pandemic.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, has pleaded unsuccessfully with the Biden administration to redirect more vaccine doses to her state as it struggles with the nation s highest COVID-19 case rate. But the CDC director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, said Monday that vaccines wouldn t immediately quell a surge because they take up to six weeks to take full effect.
More COVID-19 shutdowns in states? Don t bet on it Share Updated: 11:21 PM EDT Apr 14, 2021 DAVID A. LIEB AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File In this Jan. 27, 2021 file photo, patrons enjoy lunch indoors at Gibsons Italia restaurant in Chicago. A recent spike in coronavirus cases in some states has led one of the nation s top health experts to suggest that governors could “close things down” like they did during previous surges. But that doesn t appear likely to happen. SOURCE: AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File
TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 11:21 PM EDT Apr 14, 2021 DAVID A. LIEB When one of the nation s top health officials this week suggested states dealing with a spring spike of coronavirus cases should shut things down, the remark landed with a thud.Even Democratic governors and lawmakers who supported tough stay-at-home orders and business closures to stem previou