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Alexandria church delivers hundreds of hot meals to first responders 12/30/2021 03:01pm • A local church in Alexandria, Virginia, gave out nearly 600 hot meals to first responders and law enforcement across the city as a thank you for keeping residents safe during the pandemic. The first stop was Fire Station 204 on Second Street. There, Reverend Zina Jacque from Alfred Street Baptist Anne Arundel Co. enacts indoor mask mandate amid COVID surge 12/30/2021 03:00pm • Anne Arundel County, Maryland, is enacting its indoor mask mandate starting Friday at noon as COVID-19 cases continue to rise. County Executive Steuart Pittman announced that he signed Executive Order #56 on Twitter: "I hoped we were done with government mandates in our response to COVID, but the Latest COVID-19 surge brings hospitalizations up in Montgomery Co., but not yet at capacity 12/30/2021 02:56pm • Courtesy Montgomery County Health Hospitals in Montgomery County, Maryland, are seeing more COVID-19 patients, but they haven't been as overwhelmed as the rising case numbers would suggest. Sean O'Donnell, the county's public health emergency preparedness manager, said Wednesday that 362 of M High demand at Inova’s drive-up COVID testing site in Falls Church 12/30/2021 01:52pm • Due to high demand, Inova's drive-up COVID-19 testing site in Falls Church, Virginia, booked all of its 400 daily appointments early in its first day of operation. The testing, provided through Inova Health System, is available for any member of the community that is experiencing COVID-19 symptom Virginia health officials urging people with mild COVID cases to avoid emergency room 12/30/2021 12:42pm • If you're slightly under the weather and have COVID-19, you don't need to go to the emergency room, you need to go home and get better. That's the message Virginia's Department of Health and its hospital leaders are telling the influx of residents who are showing up to ERs with mild or asymptomat DC 'closely' reviewing new CDC guidance 12/30/2021 10:10am • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday that city health officials are "closely" reviewing revamped COVID-19 guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Monday's new CDC guidance cuts isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus from 10 to five days Montgomery County pausing new rental assistance applications on New Year's Eve 12/30/2021 07:42am • Those seeking rental assistance in Maryland's Montgomery County will not be able to submit applications for the Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program after 5 p.m. Friday. Applications submitted before the deadline using the county's rent relief website will be reviewed and processed, but no 2 shots of Pfizer vaccine 70% effective against Omicron variant, research shows 12/30/2021 07:06am • Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Canada (CTV Network) -- New research out of the Gauteng province of South Africa is providing more data on how effective the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine is against the Omicron variant. Published in the New England Medical Journal, the study fo After winter break, some DC-area school systems go virtual, while others don't 12/30/2021 06:52am • Students across the D.C. region will soon return to classes after a winter break. While some are headed back into physical classrooms, others will learn virtually for the start of January. Here's a roundup on the school systems and their plans: DC D.C. Public Schools All students and staff at Anne Arundel County Public Schools to change coronavirus quarantine protocol 12/30/2021 05:32am • After the winter break, Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Maryland said that students will return to in-person learning with some changes in coronavirus quarantine and isolation protocol. Superintendent of Schools George Arlotto said in a letter to parents that the school system will adopt th American University and Georgetown University join other universities in delaying in-person classes 12/30/2021 04:44am • Two additional D.C. universities will delay in-person instruction with the start the spring semester virtually due to the growing number of COVID-19 cases in the D.C. region. Both American and Georgetown universities, in separate statements, cited the increasing number of cases, along with the po Prince George's Co. health official concerned about spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations 12/29/2021 10:48pm • COVID-19-related hospitalizations have not been this high in Prince George’s County, Maryland, since February 2021, and the county’s health officer is alarmed. Dr. Ernest Carter released a statement urging everyone in the county who is eligible and has not been vaccinated to get the shot. Inova set to open testing site in Falls Church 12/29/2021 08:29pm • Inova is opening a vehicle-side testing site in Falls Church, Virginia, in response to the rise in COVID-19 cases, the healthcare system announced Wednesday. The site opens Thursday, Dec. 30 at 2990 Telestar Court and will be open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekend hours may be added Charles Co. schools to go remote 1st week after winter break due to COVID-19 12/29/2021 06:48pm • Students in Charles County, Maryland, will attend school virtually the first week after winter break due to COVID-19 concerns, school officials said Wednesday. Charles County Public Schools students will receive virtual instruction from Jan. 3 through Jan. 7 rather than attending class in-person Staffing challenges hit Fairfax County Fire and Rescue as COVID cases rise 12/29/2021 05:40pm • Virginia's Fairfax County Fire and Rescue is being hit by rising COVID-19 cases, and the department is temporarily shifting its staffing in response. "Currently, 66 employees have tested positive for COVID. An additional 12 FCFRD staff are in quarantine," the department said in a news release Wed