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Maryland examining wastewater for coronavirus

As coronavirus cases continue to rise across Maryland, the state is looking into testing wastewater as another way to help combat the pandemic. Widespread testing is expected to begin later this month, according to Maryland’s Department of Environment. In November, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) announced $1 million in funding that would go toward testing wastewater for coronavirus in vulnerable communities like correctional facilities, nursing homes, and public housing units. The testing will be led by Maryland’s Department of Environment in close coordination with the state’s health department. “This is using cutting-edge science to have a pooled estimate of a … spread, so we can detect and respond to outbreaks particularly in vulnerable communities,” Suzanne Dorsey, assistant secretary for the Department of the Environment, told Capital News Service. “We go in, do the testing then notify the health departments and housing management teams so the

Here's How Federal Rent Relief Will Play Out

  As the multifamily sector welcomed the inclusion of $25 billion in rental assistance in the federal relief package, it rushed to decipher the 5,000-page bill. Here are some key details. The funds will be meted out by eligible states and localities, which are tasked with designing means-tested programs along the federal guidelines. But the funds themselves, from the U.S. Treasury Department, may take a month to arrive. That means renters and landlords should not expect a check until late January at the earliest. The rent relief will be apportioned not only to states, but to cities with populations greater than 500,000, based on their share of the overall U.S. population. That means more populous states like New York, Florida and California will get a bigger slice $1.3 billion, $1.4 billion and $2.6 billion, respectively of the $25 billion rent-relief pie.

Maryland studying wastewater for coronavirus

Maryland will examine waste water to detect cases of coronavirus