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Virginia reports first COVID-19 death of child under 10 03/04/2021 02:25pm • Virginia has reported its first death of a child under 10 years old from COVID-19 complications, according to state health officials. The Virginia Department of Health said the child, who lived in central Virginia, died from a combination of coronavirus and a chronic health condition. "Our hea 'Unacceptable' — Van Hollen, local leaders seek to change COVID-19 vaccine inequities 03/04/2021 10:53am • U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen said that despite the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on communities of color, Black people and Latinos are far behind white people in the number of people who have received the potentially lifesaving vaccines. Maryland is ranked 45th out of 50 states in over Marriott will pay hotel employees to get vaccinated 03/04/2021 10:33am • Bethesda, Maryland-based Marriott International joins companies that will pay employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine, and is encouraging managers to offer flexible time off to get it. The policy applies to Marriott hotel employees in the U.S. and Canada. Those Marriott employees who receive a vac Delaware reports 231 new coronavirus cases, 14 new deaths 03/04/2021 08:38am • DOVER, Del. — The state of Delaware has reported 231 new coronavirus cases. The Delaware State News reported Wednesday that at least 89 of those cases came from the University of Delaware. The state's Department of Public Health also announced 14 new coronavirus-related deaths. All of the What it would take for DC to ramp up testing of positive COVID-19 tests to ID variants 03/04/2021 05:03am • There are several players in the effort to control and stop the coronavirus pandemic and D.C.’s Public Health Laboratory has been on the forefront from the beginning and remains flexible to meet evolving needs. As early as January 2020, D.C.’s Department of Forensic Sciences (DFS) and its hea Prince George's Co. demands more help from state to get residents vaccinated 03/04/2021 01:25am • Hundreds of appointments for COVID-19 shots at Maryland's Six Flags America mass vaccination site are being set aside just for Prince George's County residents. But there are calls for the state to do even more to help people who live in the county that has racked up the largest number of coronav Md. expands texting outreach to book Prince George's Co. residents for vaccine appointments 03/03/2021 09:22pm • Maryland is expanding its COVID-19 vaccine outreach to allow residents in Prince George's County to book an appointment through text messaging. Gov. Larry Hogan's office said eligible residents will be contacted to book an appointment at the Six Flags America mass vaccination site in Bowie. Th Maryland to honor COVID-19 victims with twilight ceremony Friday 03/03/2021 05:18pm • Friday will mark the first anniversary of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Maryland, and Gov. Larry Hogan will declare the date a day of remembrance for those lost to the virus. According to a news release, a twilight ceremony will be held at the Maryland State House on Friday night, where Va. vaccination director: J&J shot a game-changer 03/03/2021 04:46pm • The director of Virginia’s COVID-19 vaccination program said the introduction of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine into the mix this week creates “a very different scenario” for those working to get residents immunized against the coronavirus. Dr. Danny Avula described the 69,000 doses of t 'We're ready:' Montgomery Co. moves ahead with plan for large vaccination site 03/03/2021 04:29pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, are moving ahead with plans to open a large vaccination site in a northern part of the county hard-hit by the coronavirus, even as they're still waiting for the state to give the site a stamp of approval — and supplies of more vaccine doses. For now, a DC teachers' union announces COVID-19 'situation room' 03/03/2021 03:17pm • The Washington Teachers' Union will have a coordinated "situation room" with D.C. Public Schools designed to immediately respond to coronavirus-related issues at District schools. WTU President Elizabeth Davis spoke about the situation room during an online address to teachers and parents Tuesday DC to launch coronavirus vaccine preregistration system next week 03/03/2021 02:30pm • D.C. says it will switch over to a preregistration system next week for residents to make their coronavirus vaccine appointments. "Under the new system, individuals will be able to provide their information to DC Health through a pre-registration website or by calling the District’s call center Maryland Vaccine Hunters take control of appointment search 03/03/2021 01:49pm • Frustrated with the slow rollout, many residents are turning to a Facebook group for help in hunting down COVID-19 vaccine appointments. The Maryland Vaccine Hunters group has existed for just over a month but boasts, at publishing, nearly 55,000 members. Nancy Knuth, 75, lives in Parkton with Prince William supervisors approve advertising tax rate that would hike bills 03/03/2021 01:42pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Prince William County supervisors voted to advertise a potential 7% increase in real estate tax bills for county homeowners. The B Bill letting schools offer telehealth advances 03/03/2021 01:30pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. An emergency measure, already approved in the Senate, to allow each of Maryland’s 86 school-based health centers to offer telehealth was