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Montgomery County’s indoor mask mandate was lifted as of 12:01 a.m. Thursday. The mandate was suspended after seven straight days of CDC-defined moderate COVID-19 transmission. Leaders said the mandate will be reinstated if the county hits substantial transmission again. Face coverings are still required in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) and on public transportation. The […]

El mandato del uso de las mascarillas en lugares cerrados del condado de Montgomery finaliza a las 12:01 a.m. del jueves, dijo el ejecutivo del condado, Marc Elrich, durante una sesión informativa virtual, el miércoles. Enfatizó que todavía se requieren mascarillas en las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery (MCPS) y en el transporte público. […]

Montgomery County’s indoor mask mandate ends at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, County Executive Marc Elrich said during a virtual briefing Wednesday. He emphasized masks are still required in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) and on public transportation. Elrich reminded residents that businesses can still choose to require indoor masking and have the right to refuse entry […]

El condado de Montgomery alcanzó la transmisión moderada de COVID-19, definida por los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC), el jueves pasado y los funcionarios dijeron que el mandato del uso de las mascarillas en lugares cerrados podría terminar a finales de esta semana en el condado de Montgomery. A principios de […]

Montgomery County reached CDC-defined moderate COVID-19 transmission last Thursday and officials said the county’s indoor mask mandate could end later this week. In early August, a county council resolution reinstated the mandate when the county reached CDC-defined substantial transmission. The mandate will end after the county maintains moderate transmission for seven consecutive days. According to […]

Several members of the Maryland Board of Education showed support for a statewide COVID-19 school mask mandate during a meeting Tuesday. Teacher Member of the Board Rachel McCusker made a motion to hold a special meeting to discuss an emergency regulation for a face covering requirement in schools across the state. “I believe that having […]

Today is Thursday, Aug. 12, and today we celebrate International Youth Day, National Middle Child Day, National Vinyl Record Day, and several more holidays. So, if you’re a middle child, of course you have to share your holiday with all these other holidays, right? In the meantime, here are five things to know in Montgomery County: […]

Montgomery County will continue requiring indoor mask wearing until the number of coronavirus cases drop, and County Executive Marc Elrich believes residents can live with it as they did earlier for 18 months. “We are going to keep going ’til our numbers fit the CDC,” he said of the Centers for Disease Control, which recommends […]

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich has recommended the county reinstate the COVID-19 indoor mask mandate if the jurisdiction reaches what the CDC defines as “substantial transmission”: 50 new cases per 100,000 residents for seven days, which is about 525 new cases over a seven-day period for the county. According to a county release Friday, “The […]

El ejecutivo del condado de Montgomery, Marc Elrich, quiere restablecer el mandato COVID-19 del uso de las mascarillas en lugares cerrados,  si la jurisdicción alcanza lo que Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) definen como “transmisión sustancial”: 50 casos nuevos por cada 100,000 residentes durante […]