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Spotsylvania School Board Votes to Ease Mask Rules Effective Tuesday
The Spotsylvania County School Board voted to ease masking rules Monday night, making masks optional on school buses and school grounds.
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Spotsylvania Schools Ease Mask Rules as Districts Reconsider Policies
The Spotsylvania County School Board voted to ease masking rules Monday night, and mask guidance could be changing in Montgomery County schools soon. News4’s Justin Finch reports.
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COVID Testing Site Closes at Fairfax County Government Center
Officials said those resources are being diverted to a mobile clinic that will move to sites based on community needs.
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Richmond's Mayor Says He's Tested Positive for COVID-19
The mayor of Virginia’s capital city says he’s tested positive for COVID-19 again
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‘It's Demoralizing': Virginia Hospitals Struggle to Keep Up With Influx of Unvaccinated Patients
With COVID-19 cases spiking in Virginia, more hospitals have moved into what’s called “crisis standards of care,” which allows them to extend resources and reduce the impact of supply or physician shortages. In Fredericksburg, Mary Washington Hospital transformed its parking garage into a field hospital. News4’s Cory Smith got an inside look before the first patients arrived.
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Virginia Reports Nearly 6,500 New COVID-19 Cases, Among Highest Yet
The COVID-19 uptick continues in Virginia: On Thursday, nearly 6,500 new cases of the virus were reported. That’s one of Virginia’s largest one-day jumps in cases since the pandemic began. Virginia has only reported more than 6,000 cases in a day a few times, and it hasn’t happened since January 2021, according to Virginia Department of Health data. A total…
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At-Home COVID Tests Scarce in Northern Virginia
Virginia added almost 6,000 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, a number that rivals the worst single day totals of the entire pandemic. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports.
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COVID Outbreak Sends Northern Virginia School Back to Virtual Learning
An elementary school in Northern Virginia is returning to all-virtual learning this week after a COVID-19 outbreak. All students at Bennett Elementary School in Manassas will go back to virtual learning from Tuesday until the end of the week. The school has 36 confirmed cases of COVID-19, three probable cases and more than 200 close contacts who have been notified…
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2 Children in Virginia Dead From COVID in 3-Day Span
A child under the age of 10 who died in eastern Virginia from COVID-19 is the second fatal juvenile case this week
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Fredericksburg School Closes Due to Multiple COVID-19 Outbreaks: Officials
A middle school in Fredericksburg, Virginia, will temporarily close and go back to virtual learning as it grapples with multiple COVID-19 outbreaks, officials said. Walker-Grant Middle School will go back to virtual learning for more than a week, until Tuesday, Sept. 7, officials said in a note to the school community Thursday. The COVID-19 outbreak is having a high impact…
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Virginia University Offers Up to $1,000 for Those With Vaccinations
A Virginia university is offering money to students, faculty and staff who can show proof of a vaccination against COVID-19.
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Your COVID Questions Answered, With Dr. John Torres
What do we know about the origins of the COVID-19 virus? And how long until we’re out of this? NBC News senior medical correspondent Dr. John Torres breaks it down for us.
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With Pandemic a Focus, McAuliffe Urges Vaccine Mandates
Democrat Terry McAuliffe is calling on all Virginia employers to require the COVID-19 vaccine for their workers
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Full Approval of Pfizer Vaccine Paves the Way for More Mandates
Now that the FDA has given the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine its stamp of full approval, doctors hope that some vaccine skeptics will finally be convinced to get the shot. As NBC News medical contributor Dr. Kavita Patel explains, the approval is also likely to lead to more vaccine mandates by employers.
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Virus Forces Virginia School System to Cancel All Classes
A Virginia school system was forced to cancel all classes because of staffing shortages related to the coronavirus pandemic.
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UVA: Students Who Didn't Meet Vaccine Mandate Disenrolled
However, only 49 of them were enrolled in fall courses, so “a good number” of the remaining students may not have been planning to return to school this fall at all, a UVA spokesperson said.
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Over 100K Virginia State Employees Must Be Vaccinated or Tested Weekly
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said about 122,000 state employees will be required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or weekly negative test results starting next month.
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Arlington Schools to Require All Students, Teachers Wear Masks
Arlington Public Schools will require all students and staff to wear masks when they return to the classroom this fall — regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status. The announcement from the school system follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated guidance that everyone wear masks inside schools. Masks will be required while inside all public school buildings and on…
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Virginia Gov. Northam Recommends Wearing Masks Indoors in Public Settings
Northam’s recommendation came the same afternoon that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser reinstated the District’s indoor mask mandate for public settings.
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Northam Outlines 1st Proposal for Part of Federal Aid Money
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is calling for $353 million from the latest federal coronavirus relief bill to go toward boosting economic recovery efforts for small businesses and industries that took a hit during the pandemic