Lyft announced it would provide 60 million rides to and from vaccination sites for low-income, uninsured and at-risk communities as vaccines roll out. 

UPS and FedEx are working to deliver the Covid-19 vaccine to vaccination sites from Pfizer’s plants in Michigan and Wisconsin, but the impending storm could make travel conditions treacherous in the Keystone State.

“This is a pivotal moment in our fight against COVID,”Jahre said. “The world has been waiting for this vaccine, and we are on the cusp of being able to provide it.”

Businesses across the state, especially in the restaurant industry, are unhappy with news of another COVID-19 shutdown.

Visits with Santa will be different this year, but we’ve been assured that the jolly old elf is still determined to bring that sense of wonder to children, and smiles to the faces of weary parents who dream of simpler times.

The state will be prohibiting all indoor dining at businesses in the retail food services industry for the next three weeks. Indoor operations at gyms and fitness facilities are also prohibited, as are movie theaters.

If we can't change the curve fairly quickly, then our healthcare system is going to be overwhelmed and that's gonna be bad for everyone."

The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reduced the recommended days a person must quarantine after coronavirus exposure from 14 days to seven or 10 days.

As hospitalizations continue to rise — and the fear of overwhelming Pennsylvania's health care system becomes more real — Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday announced plans to expand testing across the commonwealth.

While no statewide lockdowns or stay-at-home orders have been implemented, Levine said she and other health officials are monitoring hospital capacity closely, and once again encouraging residents to avoid traveling for the holidays. 

Like the hospitality and entertainment industries, museums have been hard hit by the pandemic and, according to the American Alliance of Museums, this cultural sector is just beginning to assess the impact closures, travel bans, cancellations of major events, and the implementation of physical distancing is having on institutions and the people who work for them.

With increased coronavirus outbreaks, hospitals and health departments say contact tracing — an essential part of controlling the pandemic's spread — will be more difficult, causing Pennsylvania to now shift the focus of those efforts to those diagnosed with COVID-19 in the last six days.

With COVID-19 cases on the rise -- the state health department reported 44,502 positive cases over the past seven days -- Pennsylvania is issuing what it called targeted safety measures to slow the transmission rate.

"It could take a significant amount of time to immunize everyone in Pennsylvania. I anticipate that we’re going to be wearing masks in 2021, well into — maybe until the end of — 2021," she said.

Restaurants, bars and other establishments in Maryland must close their dine-in services by 10 p.m. under new COVID-19 restrictions announced Tuesday.