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Update: Gov. Larry Hogan announced at a press conference Tuesday that the state will start easing capacity limits at bars, restaurants, and other establishments. Original: Gov. Larry Hogan announced an update on the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and recovery Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Check back here for the live stream. According to the […]

Los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) emitió la primera guía para personas que están completamente vacunadas contra COVID-19. Según CDC, las personas completamente vacunadas pueden comenzar algunos tipos de interacción social, de manera segura. Se considera que las personas están completamente vacunadas contra COVID-19 después de dos semanas de la segunda […]

The CDC issued the first guidance for people fully vaccinated for COVID-19 on its website Monday. Based on the science, the CDC says fully vaccinated people can start to safely begin some types of social interaction. People are considered fully vaccinated for COVID-19 two or more weeks after their second dose of the Pfizer or […]

During a council briefing Monday, Montgomery County’s “Vaccine Hunters” reported several incidents of racial discrimination at retail pharmacy and hospital COVID-19 vaccination sites in the state. “What’s happened this week is we’ve had at least three incidents— I just found out one yesterday— of immigrants, undocumented or documented, who have gone to retail pharmacies and […]

Jackie DeCarlo is proud that throughout her almost eight years as Manna’s CEO, “We never had to turn anyone away.” That is saying a lot, because during this past year, requests for food by county residents rose 40%. Prior to the pandemic, Manna served about 3,000 people a month. Now it is 4,000, she said. […]

Casi dos tercios de los residentes de Maryland creen que el estado está haciendo un mal trabajo con la distribución de vacunas, según un estudio reciente de Goucher College. Aproximadamente el 64% de las personas piensa que el gobierno está haciendo un trabajo justo o malo en términos de distribución, y solo un tercio dice […]

Nearly two-thirds of Marylanders believe that the state is doing a poor job with vaccine distribution, according to a recent Goucher College study. Approximately 64% of individuals think the government is doing a fair or poor job in terms of distribution and only one-third say that the government is doing well. The poll also estimates […]

Estadísticas de COVID-19 para el condado de Montgomery del 8 de marzo Desde el viernes 5 de marzo, el Departamento de Salud de Maryland ha informado de 285 nuevos casos de COVID-19 en el condado de Montgomery: 102 el sábado, 89 el domingo y 94 el lunes. El recuento acumulativo de casos del condado es […]

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics for March 8 Since Friday, March 5, the Maryland Department of Health has reported 285 new cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County — 102 Saturday, 89 Sunday and 94 Monday. The county’s cumulative case count is 64,081. Montgomery County recorded two new coronavirus-related fatalities since Friday, March 5 — two Saturday […]

A person who was at John T. Baker Middle School in Damascus on March 2 has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a March 6 letter from Principal Louise Worthington to the school’s parents and families. Worthington wrote that those who had close contact with this individual have been notified and advised to quarantine for […]