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Prince William School Board rescinds testing mandate for unvaccinated staff 02/17/2022 08:24am • 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. Hours after the General Assembly made masks for all Virginia public school students optional, the Prince William County School Board vote Anne Arundel Co. school board votes to lift mask mandate 02/17/2022 04:48am • The school board in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, voted unanimously to lift its mask mandate Wednesday evening. Starting Friday, masks will become optional in Anne Arundel Public Schools, but students will still need to wear masks on buses due to a federal mandate. Students at the schools at For Judge orders Loudoun Co. schools to lift mask requirement immediately as other districts prepare for changes 02/16/2022 09:50pm • Public schools in Virginia's Loudoun County have a new mask-optional policy in place, Thursday morning, after a judge granted a temporary injunction in favor of three parents who sued the school board for enforcing a mask mandate. Several Northern Virginia school systems are taking a wait-and-see Montgomery Co. libraries to resume Sunday hours 02/15/2022 11:57pm • Book lovers in Montgomery County, Maryland — rejoice! Montgomery County Public Libraries will resume its Sunday operating hours starting on Feb. 27. "Our library system and employees have been an invaluable asset to our COVID response and recovery efforts over the last two years," Montgomery DC COVID-19 vaccine portal taken down after sending people wrong records 02/15/2022 04:37pm • DC Health has taken down its vaccination portal after the system sent people the wrong vaccination records. As first reported by NBC Washington, there is no word on how many incorrect records were sent. A DC Health spokesperson said the department is aware that a small number of residents have DC businesses won't need to check for proof of vaccine; mask requirements getting dialed back 02/14/2022 06:17pm • D.C. is lifting its requirement that city businesses check patrons for proof of vaccination against COVID-19 starting Tuesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser said. Businesses can choose to keep vaccination requirements in place. "We are in a much better place now," Bowser said during a Monday briefing. Maryland to lift mask requirement for state buildings 02/14/2022 01:03pm • Starting next week, employees and visitors in state buildings in Maryland will no longer have to wear face masks as COVID-19 rates continue to drop, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Monday. The new mask guidance for state buildings and leased space in public or shared buildings goes into effec Md. General Assembly moves closer to pre-pandemic normal 02/14/2022 11:27am • The second phase of the 2022 General Assembly session starts Monday. After five weeks of virtual hearings and a limited number of floor sessions — especially in the House, which has met in full just three times since the session opened on Jan. 12 — the legislature is getting closer to a sembl Prince Charles' wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, also has COVID-19 02/14/2022 07:58am • ▶ Watch Video: Prince Charles tests positive for COVID London — Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall and the future Queen Consort of the U.K., has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating, the royal family said on Monday. The news came four days after Camilla's husband, heir Arlington Public Schools launch COVID test-to-stay program 02/13/2022 08:30pm • Arlington public school students who are unvaccinated and have been in close contact with someone with COVID-19 will need to take a coronavirus test in order to stay at school. The new policy, starting on Feb. 14, comes as the school system takes part in the Virginia Department of Health’s Test Virginia to launch mobile COVID testing program after closing community testing sites 02/13/2022 04:20am • The Virginia Department of Health recently announced plans to close community coronavirus testing centers across the state, citing a steep decline in demand and the availability of PCR and rapid antigen tests in the private sector and through government programs. Community testing sites in Fairfa 'Boosterama' aims to bring vaccines to places 'convenient' to Montgomery County residents 02/11/2022 10:39pm • If you haven't gotten your booster yet and need to go to the mall, you can do both at Westfield Wheaton in Montgomery County, Maryland. "Boosterama" is on Feb. 19 from 1 to 4 p.m. and it has everything -- booster shots, first doses for adults and children 12 and older, and no appointment needed. ACLU argues Va. governor's order to make masks optional compromises students' rights 02/11/2022 05:53pm • Immunocompromised kids have a right to stay safe at school. That's the argument in a new filing asking a federal judge to block Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's order to lose masks in the classroom, claiming it violates students' civil rights. The ACLU of Virginia is asking a federal judge to issue PHOTOS: Winter Olympics, part 1 02/11/2022 07:10am • The 2022 Olympic Games drew the world’s elite athletes to compete in China. The COVID-19 pandemic created new challenges for the games, including social distancing fans and quarantining athletes who test positive for the virus in hotels. See more photos from the games here. Montgomery County likely to drop indoor mask mandate soon, but officials urge caution for schools 02/10/2022 04:27pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, said on Thursday they expect the county’s indoor mask mandate to expire Feb. 21 in light of improving COVID metrics, but that masking in schools is a separate decision governed by the Maryland State Department of Education. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan ask