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By John Finnerty [email protected] Dec 19, 2020 Dec 19, 2020 HARRISBURG â Pennsylvania spent $110 million on personal protective equipment in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic when officials here and in every other state were racing to build stockpiles to handle a surge of coronavirus patients. Pennsylvania companies got about one-third of that business. The Associated Press requested public records in all 50 states containing data about PPE and ventilator purchases made from the beginning of statesâ COVID-19 preparations through May 31. The AP requested the date of each purchase; the vendorâs name, city and state; a description of the item bought; the quantity bought; and the cost. Some states provided data that extended partially into June. ....
‘It’s devastating!’ Restaurants, small businesses unhappy with Gov. Wolf’s latest COVID-19 shutdown PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES
Businesses across the state, especially in the restaurant industry, are unhappy with news of another COVID-19 shutdown. “It’s devastating, absolutely devastating,” said Jim Fris, president and CEO of the PJW Restaurant Group, which operates P.J. Whelihan’s restaurants and a number of other brands in Eastern and Central Pennsylvania. “To have to go out to more than 1,000 employees and tell them they’re not going to be able to work three weeks before Christmas is just devastating.” On Thursday, Gov. Tom Wolf said indoor dining and alcohol sales would be shut down between Dec. 12 and Jan. 4, to slow the progress of the virus. ....
SPRINGFIELD, Pennsylvania (WPVI) Pennsylvania moved Thursday to temporarily halt school sports and other extracurricular activities, close gyms, theaters and casinos, and ban indoor dining at restaurants as state officials respond to the worsening pandemic with a series of new restrictions. A day after revealing his own COVID-19 diagnosis, Gov. Tom Wolf announced the widely expected clampdown in what he said was an effort to slow the accelerating spread of the coronavirus and prevent hospitals from becoming overrun. Gym operators like Mike Ranck, the CEO of the Community YMCA of Eastern Delaware County, are upset. At this facility, we ve seen no reported cases to us. We have not received any calls saying that. We feel we re safe and we feel we re operating responsibly. We re devastated, especially this time of year. We do understand it, but it s still a very hard thing to stomach, said Ranck. ....