>>Governor Requests FEMA Strike Teams as Hospitals Overwhelmed from COVID
(Harrisburg, PA) -- Governor Tom Wolf's administration says he's asking for help from FEMA to staff hospitals overwhelmed with the latest COVID-19 omicron strain. Officials have not given details about how many people will be in the federal "strike teams" or when they could arrive at hospitals or skilled nursing facilities. In a statement, Wolf's acting secretary of health Keara Klinepeter says Pennsylvania also asked FEMA for one-million rapid at-home coronavirus tests.