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State, Pittsburgh police to start enforcing Pa. business closures
Pennsylvania State Police will begin enforcing the closure of “non-life-sustaining” businesses starting 8 a.m. Monday, said Col. Robert Evanchick, state police commissioner. Pittsburgh police also announced Sunday that officers will be responding to 911 calls and other complaints about nonexempt businesses that ignore orders to shut down. Officers will investigate...
Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh to close for 2 months in response to coronavirus
The Omni William Penn Hotel in Downtown Pittsburgh will close for a little more than two months in response to the coronavirus pandemic. An emailed statement from Peter Strebel, president of Omni Hotels & Resorts, said the hotel will suspend operations Monday and stay closed through at least June 1....
Rep. Conor Lamb wishes happy birthday to 100-year-old aunt from safe distanceVideo
U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb and a few family members wanted to wish their aunt a happy 100th birthday, but with the coronavirus outbreak they had to keep some distance. So according to a post on his social media, Lamb and members of his family, with the help of the staff...
Covid-19 cases in Allegheny County rise to 40; 4 people hospitalized
Allegheny County now has 40 positives cases of covid-19, the Allegheny County Health Department said Sunday. Of those cases, four people are hospitalized, health department officials said. The number of confirmed cases is expected to continue to grow. “The most important thing you can do to help stop the spread...
MSA, Highmark, AHN bringing 65K protective masks to Pittsburgh
Thousands of protective masks are being shipped to Pittsburgh to help support the region’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, officials announced Sunday. MSA Safety Inc. has partnered with Highmark Health and Allegheny Health Network to secure a shipment of 65,000 N95 protective masks to the region. Such masks have become...
Are play dates OK during coronavirus outbreak? Health expert weighs in.
Dr. Amesh Adalja, a Pittsburgh-based infectious disease expert and a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, has been answering our questions throughout the coronavirus pandemic. We asked him six more on Sunday. Adalja, who has published papers on pandemic preparedness in the New England Journal of Medicine, stresses...
Senior care network launches greeting card program to brighten spirits of quarantined residents
The Presbyterian SeniorCare Network has launched an initiative to brighten the spirits of patients and their caregivers by sending them cards and notes of encouragement while they are under the state-mandated quarantine to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. “People are reaching out to us asking if they can...
Economists paint dire picture as coronavirus outbreak continues
Job layoffs, dark movie theaters and quarantined residents fearing the coronavirus and reluctant to venture beyond the front door could lead to one of the worst economic downturns in recent U.S. history, according to one area expert. “We’re headed for a recession, if we’re not in a recession already,” said...
Carnegie Mellon student tests positive for covid-19 after returning from spring break
A Carnegie Mellon University student has tested positive for covid-19 days after returning to Pittsburgh from spring break, university officials said. “This case of coronavirus in our campus community is a sobering reality, and it is a reminder that every group is potentially vulnerable to the spread of the virus,”...
Pennsylvania reports 103 new covid-19 cases, large clusters in Allegheny County
Pennsylvania reported more than 100 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing the statewide total to 371 confirmed cases and two deaths. Officials expect to see an “exponential increase” in cases in coming days and weeks, said Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine. “What is most important for Pennsylvanians to remember is...
Five injured in Forward Township crash
Five people were injured in a single-vehicle crash in Forward Township on Friday night, according to the Gallatin Sunnyside Volunteer Fire Department. Three of the patients airlifted to the hospital, according to the department. The crash happened around 11 p.m. on the 200 block of Bunola River Road. The car...
First eaglet of the season hatched at Hays bald eagle nestVideo
The first eaglet of the season, a light gray puff ball, hatched in the Pittsburgh bald eagle nest at 7:40 a.m. Saturday, according to the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania. A second egg is expected to hatch Sunday. This is the 11th eaglet for the Hays bald eagle couple, which...
Patient at Jefferson Hospital 1st fatal covid-19 case in Allegheny County
Allegheny County recorded its first coronavirus death Saturday, the second death in the state since Pennsylvania saw its first case two weeks ago. The person was in their late-60s and being treated at Jefferson Hospital, officials said. County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said the family of the deceased asked that officials...
Coronavirus to impact more than 500,000 jobs across the Pittsburgh region
Government directives to close businesses and restrict people’s activities in an effort to stem the spread of coronavirus infections and deaths will impact more than a half-million workers in the Pittsburgh region, a top local economist predicts. And the pain will be spread across virtually all industries in the seven-county...
Western Pa. colleges orchestrate student departures with eye on safety
As colleges and universities in the region transition to online-only classes in an attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus, students who haven’t done so already are being asked to move out and gather their belongings from residence halls. A small number of students will remain on campus. Here’s...
Drive-thru covid-19 testing to begin Monday at the Pittsburgh Zoo
Drive-thru testing for covid-19 will be available next week at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium. Starting Monday morning, testing by the Central Outreach Wellness Center will be available at the zoo’s main parking lot in Pittsburgh’s Highland Park neighborhood, zoo officials announced Friday night. Referrals or prescriptions are not...
Pittsburgh Catholics permitted to get confession in church parking lots, eat meat on Fridays in Lent, bishop says
Catholics in the Diocese of Pittsburgh will be able to say confession in church parking lots, receive general absolution in places such as hospitals and nursing homes, and eat meat on Fridays during Lent, except on Good Friday. The series of directives that Bishop David Zubik issued Friday night, which...
Ben Roethlisberger on ‘lockdown,’ urges others to stay homeVideo
Ben Roethlisberger gave the world a glimpse of what his life has been like the past week while he and his family are voluntarily quarantined during the coronavirus pandemic. The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback was seen in a tweet shared Friday afternoon by the official team account that showed an intimate...
Route 837 reopens in West Mifflin after landslide Friday night
Route 837 in West Mifflin was reopened late Friday night after PennDOT crews removed boulders and debris from the two-lane road along the Monongahela River, a West Mifflin fire department official said. The landslide that blocked one lane of road from about 7:20 p.m. to about 9:25 p. m., said...
Small businesses scramble to survive amid Pa.’s partial shutdown over coronavirus pandemic
A day after Gov. Tom Wolf imposed an order on all but “non-life-sustaining” businesses to close to thwart the spread of covid-19, local business owners across Western Pennsylvania are scrambling to gauge how the state’s unprecedented shutdown will impact them and navigating how to survive it. Wolf announced Friday night...
Emergency medical providers fear information gap in local cases of coronavirus
As covid-19 cases continue to rise in Allegheny County, so do worries among some emergency personnel who fear being exposed to the virus without knowing it. “Basically, it is frustrating at this time that the Allegheny County Health Department has no system in place to provide municipalities with a confirmed...
Pitt allows students to convert classes to pass/fail grading
The University of Pittsburgh is allowing students to convert their courses to pass/fail grading when classes resume online next week. In a letter to faculty members, Provost Ann Cudd said all undergraduate and graduate students can convert any of their courses to pass/fail grading after the semester ends. Passing grades...
Allegheny County sheriff’s deputy tests negative for covid-19; quarantined deputies to return to work
An Allegheny County sheriff’s deputy who was concerned he might have exposed fellow officers to the coronavirus has tested negative, officials said Friday. Fifteen deputies who had begun self-quarantining in case they had been exposed will return to work Monday, Chief Deputy Kevin Kraus said. “The affected deputy will remain...
Pittsburgh Langley staff member tests positive for coronavirus
A Pittsburgh Langley staff member has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Pittsburgh Public Schools announced Friday. The district announced early Wednesday that a staffer at Langley was being tested for covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. The district closed Langley’s grab-and-go lunches that day after learning of the...
UPMC stands ground, will continue elective surgeries despite Wolf’s orderVideo
UPMC doctors on Friday defended their decision to keep performing elective surgeries throughout its hospitals during the covid-19 outbreak, saying the procedures cannot always be safely delayed. “This is not northern Italy. We are not Wuhan right now,” Dr. Graham Snyder, UPMC chief of infection prevention, said during a news...
