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The Wolf administration, in coordination with the COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force, announced today that mitigation orders except masking will be lifted on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31 at 12:01 AM.
The current order requiring Pennsylvanians to wear masks will be lifted when 70% of Pennsylvanians age 18 and older are fully vaccinated. Face coverings are required to be worn indoors and outdoors if you are away from your home. In accordance with the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, fully vaccinated Pennsylvanians are not required to wear a mask during certain activities.
“We continue to make significant progress in the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19 and as more Pennsylvania adults get vaccinated and guidance from the CDC evolves, we can continue to move forward with our reopening efforts,” Department of Health Acting Secretary Alison Beam said. “I encourage Pennsylvanians to tak
May 5, 2021 Wolf Administration To Lift Pennsylvania s COVID-19 Restrictions On Memorial Day
(Harrisburg, PA) The Wolf Administration is going to be lifting all of Pennsylvania s COVID-19 mitigation orders except mask-wearing on Memorial Day. The announcement was made yesterday by the administration in coordination with the COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force. The mask mandate will be lifted when 70-percent of Pennsylvanians have been vaccinated. About half of the state s population has received at least one dose of the vaccine so far.
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That fight ultimately yielded the two emergency powers ballot questions voters will make their decisions on in May. The question both of them are asking boils down to this: who gets to say how the state reacts to an emergency?
“I see it as kind of the next move that frustrated legislatures would make in this kind of chess game that they are playing with the governor,” said Dr. Clifford Bob, a political scientist and author at Duquesne University.
Bob said he’s been studying the amendments and the political energy building around them for some time. In his view, a showdown over emergency powers was inevitable, not only because lockdown orders and other pandemic precautions are unusual on their own, but because restrictions have been handed down by the executive branch in one form or another for so long.
By Bill OBoyle and The Associated Press boboyle@timesleader.com
Gov. Tom Wolf speaks in Philadelphia on Monday during a news conference encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Wolf’s administration, in coordination with the COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force, announced Tuesday that mitigation orders will be lifted on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, at 12:01 a.m.
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The marquee at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza reminds the public to wear a face mask during the pandemic. The Wolf administration, in coordination with the COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force, announced that mitigation orders except masking will be lifted on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, at 12:01 a.m.