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U.Va. hospitals in Manassas, Haymarket and Culpeper restrict patient visitation U.Va. hospitals in Manassas, Haymarket and Culpeper restrict patient visitation 12/31/2021 10:42am • 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. With COVID-19 cases surging, UVA Health late Thursday announced visitors will not be permitted in inpatient units, emergency departme Northam launches Virginia mortgage relief program Northam launches Virginia mortgage relief program 12/31/2021 10:07am • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said he's launched a mortgage relief program "to help people stay in their homes and help ease mortgage delinquencies, defaults, foreclosures due to the pandemic." Applications open to the public on Monday. You can apply to the program online. More Virginia Some Amtrak trains canceled starting New Year's Eve following bad weather, COVID-19 surge Some Amtrak trains canceled starting New Year's Eve following bad weather, COVID-19 surge 12/31/2021 07:50am • In what might seem like a never-ending nightmare of cancellations and delays for holiday travelers, a combination of bad weather and employees' COVID-19 cases led Amtrak to reduce its trains' schedule between New Year’s Eve and Jan. 6, The Washington Post reports. About 1.5% of Amtrak's trains Laurel announces free COVID-19 tests starting Monday Laurel announces free COVID-19 tests starting Monday 12/31/2021 04:41am • The City of Laurel, Maryland, will start the new year off by offering free COVID-19 testing options during the first week of January. The free coronavirus tests will be available at the Laurel Medical Mart & Mini Clinic on 14402 Baltimore Ave. More Maryland News In a state Montgomery Co. schools scheduled to reopen in person Monday Montgomery Co. schools scheduled to reopen in person Monday 12/30/2021 09:23pm • There's no change to the start of the spring semester in Montgomery County, Maryland, schools. The school system said all in-person learning would go as scheduled on Monday. And before school starts, parents need to do their part, a news release said. After winter break, some DC-area sch Another Md. hospital shifts to crisis standards of care citing COVID surge Another Md. hospital shifts to crisis standards of care citing COVID surge 12/30/2021 07:40pm • University of Maryland's Charles Regional Medical Center implemented crisis standards-of-care protocols due to a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. Noel Cervino, the President and CEO of UM Charles Regional, said that the decision was based on a doubling of COVID-19 patients over 10 da Maryland to open new COVID testing sites in Bel Air and Annapolis on Friday 12/30/2021 05:33pm • The Maryland Department of Health will offer new COVID-19 testing sites in Bel Air and Annapolis beginning Friday, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Thursday. The testing sites will open on Friday and offer walk-up only testing seven days a week, including New Year's weekend. They will be located at Uni Alexandria mayor tests positive for coronavirus Alexandria mayor tests positive for coronavirus 12/30/2021 04:38pm • The mayor of the City of Alexandria in Virginia said that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. Mayor Justin Wilson and his family had been traveling in Spain during the holidays. "Unfortunately, I tested positive for COVID. I was boosted and had light symptoms," Wilson said in a tweet. Alexandria church delivers hundreds of hot meals to first responders 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 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 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 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 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 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
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