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Montgomery County is likely to avoid reinstating an indoor mask mandate for now, as county data showed the jurisdiction re-entered moderate COVID-19 transmission Thursday. County Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Dr. Earl Stoddard confirmed on Twitter that the county will avoid triggering the mandate assuming the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updates its numbers […]

Montgomery County-run clinics will begin COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 5-11 on Thursday, leaders said during a virtual briefing Wednesday. Appointments should become available on the county’s online COVID-19 portal by the end of the day Wednesday, County Public Health Emergency Preparedness Manager Sean O’Donnell said. The website also lists local providers offering the vaccine […]

Gov. Larry Hogan announced that he will provide a COVID-19  vaccine update at 3 p.m. The briefing will be streamed live on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. The press briefing comes after the CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said she was endorsing the recommendation to vaccinate children ages 5 to 11. At this point no agenda for […]

Montgomery County’s indoor mask mandate will be reinstated if the jurisdiction reaches seven straight days of CDC-defined substantial coronavirus transmission, rather than one day as a previous regulation required. The Montgomery County Council, sitting as the Board of Health, unanimously voted for the amended regulation Tuesday afternoon. If substantial COVID-19 transmission continues through Friday, Nov. […]

Los líderes de las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery (MCPS) detallaron la guía de cuarentena COVID-19 actualizada para las escuelas, durante una conferencia de prensa virtual el lunes. La nueva guía entrará en vigencia el próximo lunes 8 de noviembre, dijo el Dr. McKnight, superintendente interina de MCPS. Los departamentos de salud y educación […]

El Concejo del Condado de Montgomery, que actúa como Junta de Salud, considerará una regulación enmendada que restablecería un mandato del uso de la mascarilla para sitios interiores, si el condado mantiene siete días consecutivos de transmisión sustancial de coronavirus definida por los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC), en lugar de […]

The Montgomery County Council, sitting as the Board of Health, will consider an amended regulation that would reinstate an indoor mask mandate if the county maintains seven straight days of CDC-defined substantial coronavirus transmission, rather than one day. The county’s indoor mask mandate was lifted at 12:01 a.m. last Thursday following seven consecutive days of […]

Los funcionarios del condado  de Montgomery han dicho que, según las estimaciones del censo de EE. UU., alrededor de 95,000 a 105,000 residentes en todo el condado tienen entre 5 y 11 años de edad y serían elegibles de recibir la vacuna de Pfizer, recientemente aprobada por la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de los […]

El mandato del uso de las mascarillas para sitios interiores en el condado de Montgomery probablemente se restablecerá a medida que el condado reingresó a la transmisión sustancial de coronavirus definida por los CDC, un día después de que se levantó el mandato. Con toda probabilidad, el mandato se restablecerá, dijo a MyMCM el viernes […]

Montgomery County’s indoor mask mandate will likely be reinstated as the county re-entered CDC-defined substantial coronavirus transmission one day after the mandate was lifted. In all likelihood, the mandate will be reinstated, Acting County Health Officer Dr. James Bridgers told MyMCM Friday. The county is also waiting for the CDC to update its data. A […]