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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

Hi, today is Tuesday, March 1st, Fat Tuesday, by the way. Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news this morning. Philadelphia will be keeping their mask requirements in schools and indoor public spaces for the time being, as officials say, they're

sticking to their new tiered response levels. Monday afternoon, city officials announced that

Philadelphia would remain in the mask precautions only under that response level. There is no

vaccine requirement for places that serve food or drink, but masks are required

indoors. City officials say they will be sticking with the newly unveiled response levels rather

than following the CDC's latest guidelines. The CDC guidance outlines a new set of measures for

communities where COVID-19 is easing its grip and less of a focus on positive test results and more

on what's happening at hospitals.

The new system greatly changes the look of the CDC's risk map and puts more than 70% of the

U.S. population in counties where the coronavirus is posing as low or medium threat to hospitals.

Those are the people who can stop wearing masks, the agency says.

The agency is still advising that people including

school children wear masks where the risk of COVID-19 is still high. A spokesperson for the

school district of Philadelphia said it sticking with the direction of the city's health,

of the city health department. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board instructed all fine wine and

good spirit stores and licensee service centers to remove

Russian-made products from their shelves as a show of solidarity and support for the people of

Ukraine. According to the PCLB, Russian-made special order products will also no longer be available.

Early Sunday, earlier Sunday, Governor Tom Wolfe urged the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to cease selling the products as quickly as possible. But they're saying that it's really not as much as you think coming off of the shelves. Right. It's like 1% or something. It's really low. Yeah, it's not a lot. I would imagine mainly vodka, but there is loads of vodka at the liquor store. And like special orders, they said.

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