COVID-19 Resources

By Age Group

• COVID-19 Resource Guide for Older Adults

Career & Finance

• Pennsylvania Career Link Essential Worker Hiring Portal
• How to report scams and price-gouging
• COVID-19 Working Capital Access Program for Pennsylvania small businesses (applications closed as of 4/28)

Food & Housing

• Ellie’s Pet Pantry
• Humane Animal Rescue’s Emergency Housing

Going Out

• Driving during Quarantine
• How to react to people not social distancing

International & national resources

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 website
• Environmental Protection Agency: Disinfectants for Use against coronavirus
• Johns Hopkins Medicine COVID-19 website
• The Simplest Way to Spot Coronavirus Misinformation on Social Media
• Washington Post free coronavirus website
• World Health Organization COVID-19 website
  • WHO coronavirus rolling updates
  • Situation reports

Living at home

• Tips from relationship counselors about living with a partner
• Gardening during COVID-19
• Virtual entertainment by local organizations

Local resources

• Allegheny County Health Department
  • COVID-19 website
• Good Food Pittsburgh
  • #TakeOutPGH: Pittsburgh Restaurants Currently Offering Takeout and Delivery Options (Updating)
• KDKA
  • KDKA: How Long Does The Coronavirus Live on Surfaces? The Experts Weigh In
  • KDKA: School Closings And Cancellations
• PA.GOV
  • PA Department of Health coronavirus website
  • Ready PA emergency preparedness guides
  • Unemployment compensation benefits
• Pittsburgh City Paper
  • Pittsburgh City Paper: Pittsburgh Virtual Tip Jar launches to help service workers during coronavirus closures
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Port Authority offers reimbursement for riders with passes who stay home due to COVID-19
• Pittsburgh TribLIVE
  • Pittsburgh TribLIVE: Here are some tips to healing your hands from excessive handwashing
  • Pittsburgh TribLIVE: Pa. turnpike suspends cash toll collection for now
  • Pittsburgh TribLIVE: WQED offers PBS Kids resources on social media during closures
• WESA.fm
  • WESA.fm: How to Be Alone, But Not Lonely, Despite the Coronavirus
• WTAE
  • Drive-thru coronavirus testing sites open in Pittsburgh 
  • WTAE: Gov. Wolf orders closure of all non-life-sustaining businesses at 8 p.m. Thursday
  • WTAE: Here’s how long the coronavirus lives on clothes