Gov Wolf issues new COVID restrictions on Pennsylvanians

https://www.wtae.com/article/gov-wolf-secretary-of-health-dr-levine-announce-new-coronavirus-restrictions/34934583

Pennsylvania is temporarily halting school sports and other extracurricular activities, ordering gyms, theaters and casinos to close and banning indoor dining at restaurants as state officials respond to the worsening pandemic with new restrictions.

A day after announcing his own COVID-19 diagnosis, Gov. Tom Wolf announced the widely expected clampdown Thursday in what he said was an effort to slow the accelerating spread of the coronavirus and prevent hospitals from becoming overrun.

Wolf moved to tighten restrictions after weeks of exploding case numbers and sharply rising hospitalizations and deaths

“We all hoped it would not come to this,” he said at a virtual news conference, but “we need to slow the spread to save lives.”

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