According to our 6abc data journalist team, business closures in Philadelphia peaked in 2021, with more than 3,400 locations closing their doors.
"We still have to worry about long COVID, so we have to make sure we're doing what we can to protect ourselves at the highest level possible," said Dr. Delana Wardlaw of Temple Health.
The university cites the ongoing spread of the BA.5 omicron subvariant as a reason to continue its masking and vaccination policies.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on Monday signed an executive order lifting the requirement that unvaccinated workers in school districts and child care settings, as well as state contractors, undergo routine COVID-19 testing.
Per O'Connor, Biden will continue being treated with Paxlovid, with symptoms being "treated supportively" with oral hydration, Tylenol, and the albuterol inhaler "as needed for occasional cough."
"We get a lot of calls about hives -- specifically these welts that look like really big mosquito bites -- after people have had COVID or during an infection," said Dr. Anne Liu.