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According to health officials, Montgomery County received about 4,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine last week. County Executive Marc Elrich says the county is currently in Phase 1A, which consists of ​frontline health care workers, nursing home residents and staff, and first responders gradually getting vaccinated first. According to the county’s website, The State of […]

The dictionary defines “first responder” as someone who is designated or trained to respond to an emergency. They are the men and women who must take immediate action when disaster strikes. 2020 posed the greatest challenge any of them had ever faced: the COVID-19 pandemic. In Montgomery County, the more than 3,000 first responders have […]

Montgomery County’s Microenterprise Stabilization Program awarded grant funding to nearly 180 applicants, totaling $1.1 million. The program was created to help local small businesses with five or fewer employees that faced significant revenue losses due to the COVID-19 health crisis. “Thanks to Montgomery County for the Microenterprise Stabilization grant received by my small business serving the community […]

Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) received its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines, manufactured by Moderna, on Wednesday morning. According to a county news release, this first shipment of vaccines is reserved for county health staffers who are engaged in managing the coronavirus response—including Montgomery County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles. 📢 […]

MedStar Montgomery Medical Center’s frontline workers in Olney are starting to receive the coronavirus vaccine. The Pfizer vaccine arrived at MedStar Montgomery on Dec. 18. Thomas Senker, the president of MedStar Montgomery and senior vice president of MedStar Health, said in a statement that the vaccine marks a new chapter in the fight against the coronavirus. […]

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics The Maryland Department of Health reported 424 new COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County Wednesday morning. The county’s cumulative case count is 42,975. Montgomery County recorded seven new coronavirus-related fatalities Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 1,032. As of Wednesday, 17 schools in the state are reporting COVID-19 cases, one school is located […]

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics The Maryland Department of Health reported 380 new COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County Tuesday morning. The county’s cumulative case count is 42,551. Montgomery County recorded six new coronavirus-related fatalities Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 1,025. The county has a rolling seven-day average of 6.13% for positive COVID-19 tests, which is a decrease […]

As COVID-19 vaccines are starting to roll out across Montgomery County hospitals, County Executive Marc Elrich is warning the public to expect mask wearing to continue into the future. Elrich said at a media briefing Dec. 16 that once COVID-19 vaccines are widely available, people should prepare to keep wearing a mask even after they […]

La Asociación de Restaurantes de Maryland (RAM) está tomando acciones legales contra jurisdicciones, incluido el condado de Montgomery, por cerrar el servicio al interior del establecimiento. “Con el clima invernal prácticamente eliminando las comidas al aire libre, los restaurantes de todo el estado están tratando de sobrevivir y mantener a sus empleados trabajando solo con […]

Washington Gas Light (WGL) recibió una multa de $750,000 por no informar a la Comisión de Servicio Público que no había reemplazado todos sus reguladores de mercurio como se prometió, que se encontraron como la causa probable de la explosión de gas y la muerte de siete residentes en Flower Branch Apartments, en Silver Spring […]