With the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations beginning to rise again locally, State College Borough, Penn State and other leaders provided the Centre Region community with an update on the local status of the COVID-19 pandemic during livestreamed briefing at Friday, March 26, 2021.
Participating in the briefing were:
- Eric J. Barron, President, Penn State;
- Dr. Christopher E. Hester, Chief Clinical Officer, Primary Care Services, Mount Nittany Health;
- Matthew Ferrari, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics; Huck Career Development Professor and Associate Professor of Biology, Penn State;
- Ron Filippelli, Mayor, Borough of State College;
- Bob O’Donnell, Superintendent, State College Area School District; and
- Vern Squier, President and CEO, Chamber of Business & Industry of Centre County.