City Hall to Reopen Monday, March 28 With Access via All Entrances
Per the City of Rockville:
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The City of Gaithersburg announced today, March 7, that due to “low” community levels of COVID-19, as defined by the CDC, they will no longer require masks to be worn in city run facilities.
Montgomery County’s indoor mask mandate expired on February 21, 2022, but the cities of Gaithersburg, Rockville, and Takoma Park all continued to keep their face covering requirements in place.
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The Montgomery County Humane Society has canceled its annual dog walk ‘Paws in the Park.’ The decision was made due to “continuing uncertainties surrounding the current health crisis, and in response to feedback from our community.”
The annual walk will continue in 2023.
Effective February 25, 2022, CDC does not require wearing of masks on buses or vans operated by public or private school systems, including early care and education/child care programs.
Effective February 25, 2022, CDC is exercising its enforcement discretion to not require that people wear masks on buses or vans operated by public or private school systems, including early care and education/child care programs. CDC is making this change to align with updated guidance that no longer recommends universal indoor mask wearing in K-12 schools and early education settings in areas with a low or medium COVID-19 Community Level. School systems at their discretion may choose to require that people wear masks on buses or vans.
Montgomery County Public Schools confirmed that the mask mandate will be addressed at the March 8th Board of Education meeting.
Last Tuesday, the Maryland State Board of Education voted 12-2 to rescind its statewide mask mandate for public schools, effective March 1. The Maryland General Assembly’s Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review Committee (AELR) met on Friday, February 25, and approved the Maryland State BOE’s decision.
Immunizations with Nuvaxovid™ to begin in coming days
Gaithersburg-Based Novavax has started shipping its Nuvaxovid Covid-19 vaccine to European countries, according to a press release from earlier this week.
At its meeting on Feb. 24, 2022, the Howard County Board of Education voted to make face coverings optional, effective March 1, based on the Maryland State Department of Education’s off-ramp option one for school districts to lift mask requirements.
The Montgomery County Board of Education announced that it will be holding off on making any changes to the school mask requirement until March 8.
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The N95 masks & COVID-19 rapid test kits are available upon request at City Hall & Activity Center.
Montgomery County government has made a supply of at-home antigen rapid test kits and N95 masks available to the City for distribution to Gaithersburg area residents. The masks & kits are available upon request at City Hall & Activity Center at Bohrer Park.
With around 65% of the population fully vaccinated against COVID-19 but the omicron variant continuing to spread, WalletHub today released updated rankings for the Safest States During COVID-19.
In order to find out the safest states during the COVID-19 pandemic, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across five key metrics. Our data set includes the rates of COVID-19 transmission, positive testing, hospitalizations and death, as well as the share of the eligible population getting vaccinated.
Earlier today, the Maryland State Board of Education voted 12-2 today to rescind its statewide mask mandate for public schools, effective March 1.
This evening, MCPS released the following community message to remind students, staff, and visitors that masks must still be worn inside MCPS schools and offices:
The Maryland State Board of Education voted 12-2 today to rescind its statewide mask mandate for public schools, effective March 1. This will allow local school districts to decide their own masking policies.
The Montgomery County Board of Education is set to take up the school system’s mask policy at a meeting on February 24.