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Mayor Bowser Public Calendar for Monday, April 27, 2020

Monday, April 27, 2020 11 am Provide Update on Coronavius Location: One Judiciary Square Old Council Chambers 441 4th Street, NW Open to Pre-Credentialed Press *Closest Metro Station: Judiciary Square Metro Station* *Closest Bus Route: D6* All reporters and other media interested in attending the event are asked to RSVP to [email protected]. To view the […]

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Coronavirus Data for April 25, 2020

Listen Sunday, April 26, 2020 (Washington, DC) – The District’s reported data for Saturday, April 25, 2020, includes 142 new positive coronaviruses (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 3,841. The District reported 13 additional COVID-19 related deaths: 55-year-old male 66-year-old male 70-year-old male 70-year-old male 73-year-old male 82-year-old male 82-year-old male […]

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AG Racine Announces Washington Sports Club Will Stop Charging Members During COVID-19 Closures

April 27, 2020 Gym Chain Automatically Freezing Memberships, Crediting Accounts for Dues Charged During Gym Closures, Offering Free Cancellations Through April 30 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced today that Town Sports International, LLC (TSI), the parent company of Washington Sports Club (WSC), will stop charging members while gyms are closed due to the […]

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CONSUMER ALERT: Beware of COVID-Related Charity Scams

April 24, 2020 Making charitable donations to help others can be very rewarding. Especially now, many Americans are admirably trying to help those impacted by the COVID-19 crisis through charitable donations. Many of these charities live up to their fundraising promises, but others are the work of scammers attempting to exploit this tragedy for personal […]

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Mayor Bowser Establishes Coronavirus Contact Trace Force

Thursday, April 23, 2020 DC to Hire Hundreds of Additional Contact Tracers to Support COVID-19 Response Efforts (WASHINGTON DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser established the DC Contact Trace Force to hire hundreds of additional tracers at DC Health. “An effective response requires widespread contact tracing so that we know who has the virus and who […]

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Mayor Bowser Presents a Comprehensive Plan Proposal That Will Guide DC Through Coronavirus Recovery

Thursday, April 23, 2020 Mayor Submits the District’s Comprehensive Plan Proposal to the Council (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser submitted the District’s Comprehensive Plan proposal to the Council of the District of Columbia. This update to the Comprehensive Plan will allow the District to meet long-term challenges and opportunities in critical areas such […]

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Mayor Bowser, Governors Hogan, Northam Urge OPM to Continue Broad Telework Policies for Federal Agencies

Thursday, April 23, 2020 \”As executives of the three jurisdictions of the National Capital Region, we write to ask that you continue to implement broader telework policies for the federal workforce while we continue to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.\” Read the full letter to OPM Acting Director Michael Rigas.

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Coronavirus Data for April 22, 2020

Thursday, April 23, 2020 (Washington, DC) – The District’s reported data for Wednesday, April 22, 2020 includes 155 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 3,361. The District reported 12 additional COVID-19 related deaths: 50-year-old male 57-year-old female 60-year-old male 63-year-old male 68-year-old male 73-year-old male 76-year-old female 80-year-old […]

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