Montgomery County health leaders are considering making some COVID-19 vaccination clinics mobile in an effort to accommodate senior citizen communities. The county is currently in Phase 1A of vaccine distribution, and people who are 75-years-old and up will be included in Group 1B. Residents that are 65-years old and up are included in Phase 1C. […]
Elrich Optimistic About Progress of Vaccines Rollout
During his weekly virtual media briefing on Wednesday, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich expressed his optimism behind the progress being made during the pandemic now that the COVID-19 vaccine is starting to rollout. Elrich added that there’s an anticipation of more help from the federal level this year.
County Executive Marc Elrich is holding his weekly COVID-19 virtual media briefing right now. He says he’s optimistic about the progress being made during the pandemic now that vaccines are starting to rollout @mymcmediapic.twitter.com/VgXj0QN9WG
Governor Larry Hogan recently acknowledged Montgomery County as one of five counties in the state that has done the most in administering vaccine doses at a good pace.
Indoor dining still banned in Prince George s, Montgomery counties after judges rulings
By Lindsay Watts , FOX 5 DC Digital Team and Sierra Fox
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Judge upholds Prince George’s County indoor dining ban
Indoor dining will stay closed in Prince George s County after a judge denied the Restaurant Association of Maryland s request to issue a temporary restraining order to permit restaurants to reopen indoor dining.
BOWIE, Md. (FOX 5 DC) - Indoor dining will stay closed in Prince George s County and Montgomery County after two judges denied the Restaurant Association of Maryland s request to issue a temporary restraining order to permit restaurants to reopen indoor dining on Wednesday.
Maryland Counties Surrounding D.C. Move to Shut Down Indoor Dining
By next week, Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties will likely have closed dining rooms to customers
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The two most populous counties in Maryland took steps toward closing indoor dining rooms to customers as COVID-19 cases spike nationwide.
On Wednesday, December 9, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich announced he had proposed an executive order that would also shut down indoor dining in his region. The county council has to consider Elrich’s proposal, which could pass Tuesday, December 15, and last as long as the county decides to amend its state emergency continues.
State Roundup: 24,100 new jobs added in November pushing Maryland unemployment rate down
The statue of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall to its place in Lawyer s Mall outside the State House Dec. 17. Governor s Office photo
MD JOBLESS RATE DROPS: Maryland added 24,100 jobs in November and the state’s unemployment rate decreased from 7.8% to 6.8%, according to preliminary data released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday morning, Bryan Renbaum of MarylandReporter.com reports.
HENRIETTA LACKS ACT HEADS TO TRUMP FOR SIGNATURE: A bill inspired by the late Henrietta Lacks, a Baltimore County woman whose cells were used for medical research without her consent, is headed to President Donald Trump’s desk following a push by Maryland lawmakers, Pamela Wood of the Sun reports. The act would require the federal government to publish a report on government-funded cancer research trials, including the amount of participation by underrepresented p