PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Gov. John Carney will lift Delaware’s COVID-19 state of emergency order next month. It’s been in place since March 2020.
He said the state has the tools it needs to prevent serious infection and hospitalization from the virus, so the emergency order will expire on July 13.
Delaware is currently just under its goal of 70% of adults receiving at least one vaccine dose. Carney said they are about 13,000 first doses away from reaching that.
“We have incentives for individuals as they get their vaccine, we have big prizes at the end for everybody whose been vaccinated, but we really need people to step up, particularly our young adult demographic," Carney said Tuesday.
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Carney also said teachers and staff no longer need to wear masks in schools and child care centers when children aren’t around. Masks aren’t required for anyone outdoors in those settings.
With the order ending, Carney thanked the Delaware National Guard for all their work these last 15 months and counting.
“Whatever we’ve needed them to do, they’ve stepped up to the plate," he said.
“I don’t think they’ve ever had a mission like this in the history of the Guard, going back to its inception, as we’ve had in the last year of COVID-19.”
But he said lifting the order doesn’t free people up from your responsibility to get their COVID-19 shot if they haven’t done so yet.
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