The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has substantially revised its COVID-19 guidance. Social distancing guidance of six feet is no more. Quarantining is no longer recommended if you were exposed to COVID-19. Instead, the CDC recommends that you wear […]
COVID-19 Eligible Reimbursements Continue After July 2
Townships that have eligible costs after July 1 may continue to submit for reimbursement of federal COVID-19 disaster costs for expenses such as PPE that is used within a specified time period. However, the federal cost share was reduced effective […]
Reminder to Continue Tracking COVID-19 Costs, Submit for Reimbursement
On March 30, 2020, the president declared a major disaster for Pennsylvania as a result of COVID-19, which began on January 20, 2020, and is still in effect. FEMA has numbered the disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as […]
DUNS Numbers Are No More as of Monday, April 4
Beginning Monday, April 4, 2022, the federal government will transition to the Universal Entity Identifier (UEI) number for all entities doing business with it and will no longer use the DUNS number issued by DUN and Bradstreet to uniquely identify […]
CDC Revises Mask Guidance 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revised its mask recommendations for the prevention of COVID-19. Mask recommendations are now based on community-level spread, which is determined by hospital beds used, hospital admissions, and the number of new COVID-19 […]
COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Slow Again- PSATS Final Weekly Summary
New case rates of COVID-19 dropped for the fifth week in a row to 19,343 or a 22% drop compared to the prior week. Pennsylvania’s statewide percent-positivity rate also dropped for the fifth week in a row from 12.7% to […]
COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Slow for Fourth Consecutive Week
New case rates of COVID-19 dropped for the fourth week in a row to 24,766 or a 49% drop compared to the prior week. Pennsylvania’s statewide percent-positivity rate also dropped for the fourth week from 18.4% to 12.7%. In addition, […]
COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Slow for Third Week in a Row
New case rates of COVID-19 dropped for the third week in a row to 50,789, or a 34% drop compared to the prior week. The commonwealth dropped to 45th in cases per 100,000 nationally, with Alaska, Tennessee, and Mississippi now […]
FDA Fully Approves Moderna Vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine under its normal process. Moderna was approved through an emergency use authorization in 2020. The vaccine will now be known as Spikevax and is fully approved for use […]
COVID-19 Cases, Percent-Positivity Rate, Hospitalizations Drop for Second Week in a Row
New case rates of COVID-19 dropped for the second week in a row to 76,747, or a 32.5% drop compared to the previous week. Percent positivity also dropped for the second week in a row from 31% to 25.4%. Likewise, […]
