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Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) offers free COVID-19 testing to students to help mitigate transmission. The school district lists testing as an important strategy for keeping schools open and students and staff safe while minimizing the number of people in quarantine. MCPS says there are two types of COVID-19 testing available. Rapid tests – which […]

El popular festival de cervezas “Oktoberfest” de Gaithersburg, que estaba programado para el sábado 10 de octubre, no se llevará a cabo este año debido a preocupaciones por el COVID-19. En un comunicado, Carolyn Muller, directora del Departamento de Parques, Recreación y Cultura de Gaithersburg, dijo que “con la variante Delta todavía omnipresente en nuestra […]

The Gaithersburg Oktoberfest, which was scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 10, will not be taking place this year due to COVID-19 concerns. In a statement, Carolyn Muller, Director of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Culture for Gaithersburg said: “With the Delta variant still pervasive in our community, we felt it was prudent to cancel the […]

Montgomery County Public Schools will host a “Say Yes to the Test” event on Saturday, Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to a Sept. 29 bulletin. The “Say Yes to the Test” campaign implores parents of MCPS students to consent to in-school COVID-19 testing. Currently, MCPS schools offer two kinds of testing […]

Montgomery County health officials urge all residents to get vaccinated against influenza and will hold clinics for adults and children in October and November, they said in a statement. Seasonal flu vaccinations are available through private health providers, as well as retail locations throughout the county. Visit the CVS, Giant, Harris Teeter, RiteAid, Safeway, Walgreens and Walmart websites for details. Flu season […]

Gov. Larry Hogan clarified COVID-19 booster shot eligibility in Maryland as he said the federal government has been offering confusing guidance. “There has been limited, confusing and contradictory guidance from the federal government,” Hogan said during a press conference Thursday. In spite of that, he said, state officials have spent months building infrastructure for a […]

Gov. Larry Hogan said he directed state health officials to work with pediatricians, school systems and local health departments to accelerate their plans for vaccinating children ages five to 11 against COVID-19. Pfizer submitted data to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from a two-dose vaccine trial in children ages five to 11, according to […]

Gov. Larry Hogan announced that he will provide a COVID-19 update on Thursday at 2 p.m. The briefing will be streamed live on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Mike Ricci, Hogan’s communication director, tweeted that one of the topics the governor will discuss is booster shots. According to Ricci, the state has distributed 78,141 boosters so […]

Los funcionarios de salud del Condado de Montgomery instan a todos los residentes a vacunarse contra la influenza y realizarán clínicas para adultos y niños en octubre y noviembre, así lo informaron a través de un comunicado. Aquí la lista de los lugares y fechas disponibles para recibir la vacuna, se recomienda pedir una cita: […]

Montgomery County Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHHS) officials are preparing for COVID-19 vaccine pediatric expansion eligibility for children under 12, and they have strategies in place. Federal health officials say shots could be authorized for kids ages 5-11 by November, as they review safety data from Pfizer. In Montgomery County, this age group […]