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Metro hopes to bring back service after 'tough period' Metro hopes to bring back service after 'tough period' 01/13/2022 09:17pm • Omicron continues to hit the Metro system — and area riders — hard. “It’s been a very tough period for us, to be frank,” Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld told agency board members Thursday. “We have the most COVID cases that we’ve had since the pandemic .” The shortage of d DC pre-K students will be required to submit weekly COVID-19 test results DC pre-K students will be required to submit weekly COVID-19 test results 01/13/2022 04:40pm • D.C. public schools students in pre-K will be required to take a rapid COVID-19 test every week beginning next week, Chancellor Lewis Ferebee said Thursday, noting the school system is prioritizing students who aren't eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Hogan announces 6 new hospital-based COVID testing sites, new nursing home policies Hogan announces 6 new hospital-based COVID testing sites, new nursing home policies 01/13/2022 02:59pm • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced that the state would be opening six additional hospital-based COVID-19 testing sites in the near future to help avoid overcrowding in hospitals and emergency rooms. Last week, Hogan announced the launch of 10 hospital-based COVID-19 testing sites, which are now Novavax COVID-19 vaccine gets South Korean approval Novavax COVID-19 vaccine gets South Korean approval 01/13/2022 10:51am • Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax, still about two weeks away from formally filing for Food and Drug Administration approval for emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S., has received approval for the vaccine’s use in South Korea. The South Korean Ministry of Food and Remote learning petition in Howard Co. nears 10,000 signatures Remote learning petition in Howard Co. nears 10,000 signatures 01/13/2022 07:57am • Schools have largely tried to stay open in the face of the omicron surge, but in Howard County, Maryland, there are growing calls for a systemwide switch to remote learning. A Change.org petition, said to have been started by Howard County public school students, had gathered 9,550 signatures as DC restaurants, bars begin checking vaccination status Saturday DC restaurants, bars begin checking vaccination status Saturday 01/13/2022 07:42am • Just ahead of D.C.'s Restaurant Week, the city will require patrons to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 starting Saturday morning, “No vaccine? There are certain establishments you won’t be able to visit," said Patrick Ashley, senior deputy director at D.C. Health. More D In final address as governor, Northam says Virginia is 'better than it was' In final address as governor, Northam says Virginia is 'better than it was' 01/13/2022 06:15am • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is on his way out, ready to transfer power to his successor this weekend, and he delivered his final address Wednesday evening. "We are leaving this commonwealth better than it was when we came into office," Northam said, later calling his term as governor the highli Loudoun Co. schools update quarantine policy for close COVID-19 contact Loudoun Co. schools update quarantine policy for close COVID-19 contact 01/13/2022 05:47am • Loudoun County Public Schools updated its quarantine guidance in an effort to streamline its contact tracing process. As of Tuesday, the Northern Virginia school district requires students identified as a close contact of a confirmed COVID-19 case to quarantine for five days. More Loud 'All hands on deck': Head of Montgomery Co. Schools discusses omicron challenges 'All hands on deck': Head of Montgomery Co. Schools discusses omicron challenges 01/13/2022 05:04am • The head of Montgomery County Public Schools spoke to the public Wednesday for the first time since a recent change to a policy on switching to virtual learning amid COVID-19 outbreaks. Interim Superintendent Monifa McKnight said the modification to the rule, which previously had required schools 'We have to give each other a bit of grace': Md. lawmakers kick off session 'We have to give each other a bit of grace': Md. lawmakers kick off session 01/12/2022 11:31pm • Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson kicked off the 90-day General Assembly session from the floor of the State House with a recognition of the toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on Marylanders and his colleagues in Annapolis. Speaking from the floor of the Senate chamber, Ferguson said Mary Returning from virtual learning, Prince George's Co. schools to distribute masks, test kits to students Returning from virtual learning, Prince George's Co. schools to distribute masks, test kits to students 01/12/2022 10:20pm • The CEO of Prince George's County, Maryland, public schools said the system will be giving out test kits and KN95 masks as it returns from a distance-learning model on Jan. 18. CEO Monica Goldson said in a letter to the community that the school system will aggressively test its student and staff How DC's limited health emergency helps hospitals recuperate How DC's limited health emergency helps hospitals recuperate 01/12/2022 10:10pm • A shortage of hospital staff as the omicron variant continues to infect and make people seriously ill has all but forced the D.C. mayor to declare a limited public health emergency through Jan. 26 to allow the hospitals flexibility in how they operate. The D.C. Hospital Association pleaded for th Montgomery Co. health expert gives perspective on federal COVID-19 quarantine periods Montgomery Co. health expert gives perspective on federal COVID-19 quarantine periods 01/12/2022 09:36pm • Shifts in pandemic-related policies and recommendations have become part of the new normal, as data involving the coronavirus evolve, and a Montgomery County, Maryland, public health expert wants to give people perspective about decisions involving when to end isolation after testing positive for CO Arlington schools update isolation guidelines, end pause on sports, extracurriculars Arlington schools update isolation guidelines, end pause on sports, extracurriculars 01/12/2022 07:06pm • Arlington Public Schools in Virginia announced updates to its quarantine and isolation guidelines Wednesday, adopting the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for staff, but keeping in place a longer isolation period for students. In a message to the school community, Digital Divide Is Greatest Difference Between Younger, Older Generations 01/12/2022 07:00pm • The greatest global generational differences are in the digital divide, where young people are more reliant on social media and more convinced of the benefits of life online. That is one of the key findings from a U.N.-Gallup survey that measures views on childhood by different generations in both w
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