coronavirus restrictions

Ahead of the Eagles game against the Baltimore Ravens Sunday, the first with fans in the stands this season, all was quiet. And fans were excited to be heading to the game despite the restrictions on this season. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia reports.

Philadelphia will change its coronavirus restrictions to allow for larger crowds at indoor and outdoor events starting Friday, Oct. 16.

Philadelphia is making changes to capacity limits for indoor and outdoor venues starting Friday. The changes allow the Philadelphia Eagles to allow fans at Lincoln Financial Field starting Sunday.

On Philadelphia’s Fairmount Avenue, some restaurants aren’t doing indoor dining at all. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville reports.

Republican governors and lawmakers in many states have followed President Donald Trump’s lead on their response to the coronavirus, declining to impose mask mandates and pushing to lift restrictions on businesses and social gatherings as swiftly as possible

Some Pennsylvania school districts are letting more fans in the stands after a federal judge’s ruling that tossed statewide pandemic limits on crowd size, although legislative Republicans on Wednesday lost an effort to enshrine local control of school sports into law.

A federal judge on Tuesday declined to stay his own ruling that Gov. Tom Wolf’s size limits on gatherings are unconstitutional. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk has the details.

Several pastors in Delaware are suing Governor John Carney, accusing him of violating their constitutional rights by lumping their restrictions in with other non-religious gathering rules. NBC10’s Tim Furlong has the details.

A federal judge ruled that Pennsylvania’s coronavirus restrictions were unconstitutional. The ruling stems from a lawsuit back in May when non-essential businesses in the state were forced to close. The judge called Gov. Tom Wolf’s requirements “overreaching” and “arbitrary.”