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Metro releases multiphase recovery plan
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has released initial details of its COVID-19 recovery plan, which will be discussed during the authority’s Board of Directors meeting on Thursday. The multiphase recovery plan is dependent on the trajectory of infections in its service areas. For now, Metro passengers should continue to only use the system […]
Fairfax County board ponders $30M COVID-19 relief program
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider launching a small business and nonprofit relief grant program that could disperse up to $30 million to local businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed guidelines would allocate $10,000 to businesses with one to 10 employees, $15,000 to businesses with 11 to 25 employees […]
Loudoun County disperses $1.4M to 201 small businesses
The Loudoun County Department of Economic Development announced Friday it had dispersed approximately $1.4 million from the COVID-19 Business Interruption Fund to 201 small local businesses. The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and the Loudoun County Economic Development Authority (EDA) established the fund. The board of supervisors diverted $1.15 million from its business incentive funding, [&[...]
NoVa officials say region’s not ready to reopen
Northern Virginia elected officials — as well as local health department directors — have asked Gov. Ralph Northam to wait on allowing local businesses to reopen until the hard-hit region’s COVID-19 cases have shown a continuous decline, along with meeting other metrics. “Based on our assessment, we do not believe that the Northern Virginia region […]
VCU tests third COVID-19 drug, this time targeting inflammation
Researchers at VCU Health now are conducting trials on a third drug to help treat COVID-19, a medication that suppresses inflammation in people with a type of juvenile arthritis. Canakinumab is already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in arthritis patients, but a new study — launched April 29 at VCU […]
Va. coronavirus cases surpass 25k
While Gov. Ralph Northam plans to begin easing some restrictions on businesses, Virginia saw 989 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the state’s total count to 25,070 New COVID-19 cases in Virginia have been climbing in recent days: Virginia saw 885 new coronavirus cases on May 10 and 854 new coronavirus cases on May 9. […]
D.C./Va./Md. COVID-19 task force forms for economic strategy
Connected DMV, a regional nonprofit collaboration in Northern Virginia, Washington D.C. and Maryland, announced Thursday it has formed a 45-person COVID-19 Strategic Renewal Task Force to make formal recommendations for addressing short-term and long-term COVID-19-related economic recovery. Founded in 2019, Connected DMV focuses on economic development in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland. [...]
Va. COVID-19 cases rose 30.8% since last week
UPDATED MAY 10 The number of confirmed and probable coronavirus cases in Virginia rose by 30.8% between May 2 and May 9. During his May 8 news briefing about the state’s plan to begin the phased reopening of Virginia businesses, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said such increases are expected and due in part to increased […]
Nearly 1M U.S. construction jobs lost in April
The United States construction industry lost 975,000 jobs in April, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It’s the largest recorded decrease in construction jobs since 1939 — when the government first started tracking employment, according to ABC. “The hope had been that […]
Northam: Virginia to reopen “slowly and deliberately”
Scheduled to go into effect on May 15, the first phase of Gov. Ralph Northam’s Forward Virginia plan for reopening businesses won’t look that much different to daily life now in Virginia, with a handful of exceptions. These include allowing retail stores and houses of worship to open at 50% capacity and restaurants to offer […]
Va. COVID-19 cases now exceed 22,000
The total number of confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases in Virginia is now 22,342, according to the Virginia Department of Health’s Friday update, with 812 virus-related deaths and 3,059 people hospitalized. In the past 24 hours, there were 43 more deaths recorded — including confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases — and 772 more cases. Also, […]
Facebook awards nearly $170k in grants to three Va. newsrooms
Facebook Inc. announced Thursday that it has awarded a total of nearly $170,000 from its COVID-19 Local News Relief Fund Grant Program to three Virginia media outlets: The Richmond Free Press, Charlottesville Tomorrow and the Henrico Citizen. Facebook received more than 2,000 applications for the funding, dividing more than $10 million in grants among 144 […]
