It read in part, “Students who choose to travel outside of Maryland and its adjacent jurisdictions (Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware and D.C.) should take a COVID-19 test within 72 hours of returning and self-quarantine.”
The letter goes on to say that the “guidance applies to spring break and any other travel a student may take during the school year and it also applies regardless of vaccination status.”
“We don’t want to have COVID 19 brought from other places where there may be higher levels of community transmission,” Gayles said.
Dr. Mona Gahunia, an infectious disease expert, said people should avoid public spaces like airports and train stations.
Washington region makes adjustments ahead of new vaccine s distribution washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Leaders in Washington region ask FEMA for help in vaccinating federal workers Julie Zauzmer, Rachel Chason, Rebecca Tan Leaders in the District, Maryland and Virginia made a joint request to the federal government this week, asking that it take responsibility for vaccinating tens of thousands of essential federal workers who live in the Washington region. “Our request, we acknowledge, is a little bit unconventional and unique. But we would like for it to be entertained and approved,” D.C. Health Director LaQuandra Nesbitt said at a D.C. Council meeting Wednesday where she discussed the request.
Under the proposal to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Washington region would no longer dip into its overtaxed vaccine supplies to inoculate some 30,000 workers, including those at the U.S. Postal Service, certain essential workers in the federal court system and others employed by the Metro transit sy
Teachers and school staff turned away at COVID vaccination sites
Montgomery County teachers and school staff are able to make vaccine appointments, but are being rejected when they arrive on site. Author: Adam Longo (WUSA 9) Published: 11:28 AM EST January 26, 2021 Updated: 9:58 PM EST January 27, 2021
TAKOMA PARK, Md. Montgomery County s Chief Health Officer Travis Gayles says that at the current pace of vaccination, it could take two years before everyone in the county receives a vaccination.
Shortcomings in vaccine distribution and availability are being criticized by elected officials and people throughout Maryland.
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich told The Daily Drum on WHUR radio Monday that the vaccine supply from the federal government appears to be the chief component of the problem.
Maryland threatens to withhold future vaccine allotments from hospitals slow to inoculate, Hogan says
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Anna DaSilva, a medical clinic supervisor, receives her shot as Montgomery County administered 4,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine to health-care workers and first responders on Dec. 30 in Silver Spring.Washington Post photo by Bill O Leary.
Faced with a sluggish coronavirus vaccination pace, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Tuesday he will deploy the state s National Guard to hasten local health departments inoculation of medical workers, while threatening to take away unused vaccines from hospitals slow to administer them.