BALTIMORE, MD—On Monday afternoon, the Maryland Emergency Management Agency will send state residents a Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA). The alert system is used to send important, life-saving information to Marylanders. The WEA is meant to alert residents to Governor Larry Hogan’s stay-at-home order that was issued on Monday morning. What you need to know about WEAs: WEAs can be sent […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan held a press conference on Monday morning to address the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. At the press conference, Governor Hogan announced that he is issuing a Stay at Home Order that will go into effect at 8 p.m. on Monday. No Maryland resident should be leaving their home, unless it is for an essential job or for […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of Health has reported five new coronavirus deaths in Maryland. The new victims were a Prince George’s County resident in his 50s; a Charles County resident in his 50s; a Wicomico County resident in her 60s with underlying medical conditions; a Baltimore City resident in her 60s with underlying medical conditions; and a Baltimore City resident […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—The Department of Natural Resources on Saturday announced the closure of all Maryland State Park beaches due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Following Governor Larry Hogan’s emergency actions to protect public health during the COVID-19 pandemic, all Maryland State Park beaches are now closed,” DNR said in a statement. All Maryland State Parks remain open, with the exception of the […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Bloomberg Philanthropies, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, and Johns Hopkins University announced on Friday a joint effort to fund research into the potential therapeutic uses of COVID-19 convalescent plasma, led by Arturo Casadevall, an infectious disease expert and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor who holds joint appointments in the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins School […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan announced on Friday that the state of Maryland now has 774 confirmed cases of COVID-19—an increase of 425 cases over the last three days. A fifth Maryland resident has died from coronavirus complications. The victim was an Anne Arundel County man in his 80s. Additionally, Maryland has been hit particularly hard by influenza this year, with a […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan announced on Thursday night that the State of Maryland had received a Major Disaster Declaration from the Trump administration in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier on Thursday, Maryland reported 580 confirmed cases of COVID-19—an increase of 157 new cases, the largest one-day increase to date. The number of confirmed cases in the National Capital Region […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The coronavirus pandemic is taking a toll on the state’s workforce. The Maryland Department of Labor reported on Thursday that, in just one week, their office had received over 42,000 new unemployment insurance claims. “This is truly unprecedented,” the department said on Twitter. “As many customers face longer wait times than usual and have difficulty accessing our website, we […]
