HARRISBURG, Pa. - Hospitals, nursing homes and child care centers are asking Pennsylvania state government for more money to avoid closures amid a surge of coronavirus-related demands on staffing and equipment.
The demands came as the new cornavirus continued to spread in Pennsylvania, with the state reporting at least 851 cases and seven deaths. FULL COVERAGE: CORONAVIRUS There is a “legitimate, credible threat” that some hospitals, without financial support from either the federal government or the state government, will close, said Andy Carter, president and CEO of the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania. “It’s the sheer scale of the COVID-19 outbreak unfolding now that has the healthcare community saying, ‘we need