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My test results are coming to me 15 days from my first symptoms, and 14 days since my first test. I just pray they can streamline things for those after me because this ordeal of waiting and worrying has been brutal.
It’s hard to overstate the impacts of the novel coronavirus on American life. Lots of people are hurting. Lots of people need help. But it’s often hard to know just where to find that help — or even what’s available.
So, after listing ways you can help others during the pandemic, we decided to compile this guide to finding help for yourself.
Wolf laid out at the 1 p.m. Saturday press conference the efforts that the state has taken in recent days, including waiving fees and licensing requirements for retired doctors, doctors just coming out of medical school, healthcare workers from other states and pharmacists.
Allegheny County residents at risk for severe COVID-19 also tend to be clustered in communities with lower resources.
Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Erika Strassburger pointed out at the end of the Friday board meeting, which took place on a conference call because of the coronavirus, that notices about a future rate increase were being sent to customer homes with their upcoming monthly water bill. Strassburger asked if there was a way to reassure people or pull back on the communications about the rate increase, “with record numbers of people out of work.”
The novel coronavirus is changing the way that providers in Allegheny County and across the nation treat people with drug and alcohol use disorders, particularly those who use medications like methadone and Suboxone to maintain their recovery.
“This is not a day-to-day or week-to-week situation. This is a month-to-month and year-to-year situation."
Allegheny County is hunting for a location to house homeless and displaced people who contract the new coronavirus but don’t warrant hospitalization, officials confirmed today. Staff at shelters, meanwhile, have begun asking clients whether they are experiencing symptoms and, in some cases, taking temperatures — but don’t yet know what to do when they find a case.
"All of our loan officers are working at maximum capacity to meet the overwhelming demand," wrote URA spokesperson Gigi Saladna.
After being laid off due to the coronavirus and still experiencing some health challenges, the author is finding things to do but she mostly wants to stay focused on staying healthy.
