Delaware LIVE Weekly Review – August 15, 2021

Sonja FreyDelaware Live, Weekly Review

Hover over the image below and a gray bar pops up at the bottom. From here, you can scroll through the pdf, forward and backward, zoom in or out in 10% increments, download the PDF, or view in full-screen mode. [pdf-embedder url=”/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/DelawareLive-Aug-15.pdf” title=”DelawareLive-Aug 15″] This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Moms say they will keep kids home rather than send to …

State, courts, Firefly say masks, vaccines, tests mandatory as Delta rises

Betsy PriceHeadlines

Photo by Mika Baumeister/Unsplash   As new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continued to rise, Gov. John Carney, the state, Delaware courts and Firefly Music Festival made a lot of moves. Carney said schoolchildren must wear masks indoors and that state employees and workers at long-term care facilities and healthcare facilities must be vaccinated or be tested weekly for the coronvavirus. …

Wawa asks customers to mask up when entering stores

Charlie MegginsonBusiness, Headlines, Health

Wawa has updated its mask policy to require all employees to wear masks in their stores regardless of vaccination status. The use of masks in the popular convenience stores remains optional for customers, although new signs posted on entryways ask customers, vaccinated or not, to wear masks while inside the stores.  A Dover-area store manager confirmed the updated guidance but …

Carney hasn’t made any decisions after CDC’s mask flip-flop

Daniel Larlham Jr.Education, Headlines, Health

  Delaware Gov. John Carney is studying this week’s Centers for Disease Control recommendation that  everyone wear masks indoors in areas where the Delta variant of COVID is spreading. But he has announced no changes or updates. In Delaware, the number of new COVID-19 infections has jumped to 72 new cases a day now from 20 a day in late …