Carroll County Commissioners Vote Against County Wide Mask Mandate
The commissioners did vote to institute a modified mask policy for county government facilities.
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The commissioners did vote to institute a modified mask policy for county government facilities.
Frederick County became the latest jurisdiction in Maryland to add an indoor mask mandate after its Board of Health approved the new regulation Thursday evening.
Anne Arundel County is issuing an indoor mask mandate in response to the recent surge in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations, County Executive Steuart Pittman said Thursday.
As COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maryland continue to climb, there is growing concern about how quickly the virus is spreading among children.
The department said crews are out Thursday afternoon and will work into the evening.
As pediatric Covid-19 hospitalizations approach record highs, some cities and school districts are taking aggressive new measures.
At-home COVID-19 test kits have been so hard to find, Andrew Ament showed up before dawn at a Harford County distribution event Thursday to get one.
The dominoes fell quickly after South African health authorities informed the world of their discovery of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in late November.
U.S. cruise lines have not announced any plans to halt trips, though vessels have been denied entry at some foreign ports.
To keep up with growing demand, the Maryland Department of Health is opening two new COVID-19 testing sites in Anne Arundel and Harford counties, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Thursday.
Maryland added more than 14,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, setting a new single-day case increase record, while hospitalizations also reached a new peak.
With Christmas come and gone, and New Year's Eve just days away, it seems everyone is eager to swab their nose after seeing family and before attending the next gathering.
Saying hospitals are nearly full and emergency departments are stretched thin, the Maryland Hospital Association is asking Gov. Larry Hogan to reinstate a limited public health emergency.
The confusion has left the CDC open to accusations that the decision was made based on politics or lobbying pressure, Freeman said.
As Baltimore County's indoor mask mandate went into effect Wednesday, there was a mixture of reaction from residents and business owners.
An indoor mask mandate for Baltimore County went into effect Wednesday morning.
The Frederick Police Department is mourning the loss of Officer Greg Santangelo, whom the agency said died Tuesday night of complications resulting from COVID-19.
They come as doctors expect the holiday coronavirus surge, driven by the highly contagious Omicron variant, to get worse following New Year's Eve.
The game has been rescheduled for Jan. 31 at the SECU Arena in Towson.
With Maryland's COVID-19 hospitalizations setting a new record of more than 2,000 on Wednesday, Gov. Larry Hogan urged residents to get the vaccine and their booster shots.
As of Tuesday, there are nineteen children in the hospital battling COVID in Maryland.
None of the counties have hinted at when a restock is in sight.
A local doctor weighs in on the new isolation guidelines released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
While officials in Baltimore and Howard counties have issued indoor mask mandates to combat the spread of COVID-19, Anne Arundel County is not following suit—at least not yet.
