Tag: DC Health
Air Quality Drops to “Purple” Thursday
This morning, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and District Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) issued a “Code Purple” air quality alert for...
COVID Centers to Close March 31
On Friday, March 3, DC Health announced that the last day of operations for the COVID Centers will be Friday, March 31.
In a press...
DC Health to Suspend Testing and Distribution at Libraries, Senior Centers
Beginning Tuesday, Feb. 28, DC Health will suspend the COVID-19 test yourself self-service program and rapid test distribution at senior centers and the District's...
ICYMI: DC Offers Free COVID-19 Anti-Viral Paxlovid
DC residents 18 and older are now eligible to receive Paxlovid, a drug authorized for emergency use by the FDA to treat mild to...
DC Kids Under 5 Can Get COVID Vaccine Starting Tuesday
The District will begin offering COVID-19 vaccines to children ages six months and older at COVID Centers in all eight wards beginning Tuesday, June...
Kids 5 to 11 Can Now Get the COVID-19 Booster in...
Check your child's vaccination card! It could be they're eligible for a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. And it is now available in...
DC Health Issues New COVID Metrics
In addition to rescinding the mask mandate, DC Health announced adjustments to COVID data metrics and reporting for the District March 2.
The District will...
COVID Centers to Distribute Kid’s KN-95 Masks Starting Wednesday
On Wednesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that all DC Health Ward COVID Centers will offer free child-sized KN95 masks beginning Wednesday, March 2.
DC residents...
District Omicron Rates Decline; Still Higher than Delta Peak
COVID rates in the District are declining faster than most other places in the nation, DC Health Director LaQuandra Nesbitt said at a press...
Rapid Antigen Test Kits Available at Libraries Wednesday
UPDATE: Friday, Dec. 24: DC has added four DC Fire EMS Stations for distribution of Rapid Anti-gen tests on Sundays.
DC is expanding access to...
