By: Chester County When Tropical Storm Isaias passed through Chester County on Tuesday, it left 1,648 total emergency incidents in its wake. Most of them happened within a brutal 3-hour span that prompted residents to turn to our First Responders. Within this very condensed period of time, 2,654 calls were made to the Chester County […]
By: Chester County Specific donation requests continue, with community partners lending valuable help Chester County’s Department of Community Development provided an update today on the most urgent needs of the 45 families displaced from their homes by the devastating fire at Ashwood Apartments that took place on Thursday, July 30th in North Coventry Township. “The response […]
By: Chester County New community partnerships increase drug and alcohol prevention services for community organizations, schools and all residents. Chester County’s Department of Drug and Alcohol Services announces new partnerships with local agencies to ensure comprehensive Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug (ATOD) prevention services are available to community organizations, schools, and all Chester County […]
By: Chester County It is very simple. Contact tracing is the process of identifying, notifying, and monitoring anyone who came in close contact with an individual who tested positive for COVID-19 while they were infectious (two days before onset of symptoms until the end of the person’s isolation period). It can break the chain of […]
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By: Chester County What is collective trauma? One example is the shared experience of the Great Depression of the 1930s. Another is COVID-19.The psychological effects of collective trauma can impact groups of people of any size, including entire countries and even generations. As with other trauma, it affects individuals and groups differently, and Chester County’s Department […]
Does blowing out a candle from behind your face mask really test the quality of your face mask? You asked, and we’re answering. By: Chester County While the candle test has gained popularity this month and certainly isn’t foolproof, researchers confirm that if you can blow out a flame easily while wearing a face mask, […]
Expanding on the business safety order signed by Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine in April that requires the wearing of masks in businesses, Governor Tom Wolf today announced a new order signed by Dr. Levine that takes the mask-wearing directive one step further. With this order, signed under Dr. Levine’s authority under the Disease Prevention and Control […]