Nurse practitioner April Sweeney takes a sample from a patient, Friday, March 20, 2020, at the drive-through testing site at the AHN Health + Wellness Pavilion, in Millcreek Township, near Erie, Pa. . Saint Vincent Hospital officials expected to test up to 40 patients daily at the site, which opened Friday. The samples will be tested for flu strains before they're tested for COVID-19, a new coronavirus. (Christopher Millette/Erie Times-News via AP)
March 20, 2020
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Wolf retrenches sweeping order, amid complaints, lawsuits
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Under fire from business groups and Republican lawmakers and facing lawsuits over a broad shutdown order designed to slow the spreading of the coronavirus, Gov. Tom Wolf's administration defended its actions as critical to preventing hospitals from being overwhelmed, but it also made a series of concessions.