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Montgomery County flags have been lowered to half staff to honor Michael Miller, a Montgomery County Department of Transportation employee who died Wednesday evening from the coronavirus. He is the first county employee who has died of COVID-19. Miller, who was 60 years old, helped manage the MCDOT Transit Services Division’s Ride On bus fleet […]

There are four building blocks necessary for Maryland to recover and reopen after COVID-19, Gov. Larry Hogan said at a press conference Wednesday.  The first step is expanding testing capability, he said. Maryland has increased testing by 5,000 percent in the past month, and is working to be able to test up to 10,000 people […]

A drive-thru COVID-19 testing site opened in White Oak on Tuesday. At the vehicle emissions center on Industrial Parkway in Silver Spring, the site is open to all Maryland residents who have an appointment. To get an appointment, residents must first see a healthcare provider. If the provider decides the patient should be tested, they […]

Maryland Health Connection extended its coronavirus special open enrollment period to June 15.  The enrollment period is for uninsured Marylanders to apply for a health insurance plan. You don’t have to be sick to qualify, and people who are already insured are not eligible.  The coronavirus is covered under Maryland health insurance. On March 6, […]

There’s another COVID-19 testing site available in Montgomery County. Kelly Goodman NP & Associates is offering drive-thru testing at the Waldorf School in Bethesda. The primary care practice wanted to provide this testing option in a safe way for patients while limiting their exposure to others. So far, they’ve held four drive-thru’s and tested more than 200 […]

Although communication with the state has improved, no one in Montgomery County received any warning before Gov. Larry Hogan’s Stay at Home order Monday, said Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security Director Earl Stoddard as far as he knows at county council meeting Tuesday. He said he’s not sure why they didn’t get a […]

El gobernador de Maryland Larry Hogan hizo varios anuncios en una conferencia de prensa el lunes sobre el coronavirus COVID-19 en Maryland. Actualmente hay 37 casos en el estado. Hogan firmó una orden ejecutiva para que el Departamento de Salud de Maryland (MDH) realice una evaluación para abrir instalaciones hospitalarias cerradas en el estado y […]

Gov. Hogan made several announcements at a press conference Monday about the COVID-19 coronavirus in Maryland. There are currently 37 cases in the state. He signed an executive order for the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) to conduct an assessment to open closed hospital facilities in the state and add 6,000 hospital beds. Hogan activated […]

As of Monday, March 16, there are 37 cases of COVID-19 in Maryland, 15 of those are in Montgomery County. The first three County residents with confirmed cases of COVID-19 are now fully recovered and are no longer contagious, according to a statement from the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Many […]