Category: Governor
Hogan: More than 357,000 Marylanders have been tested for COVID-19
The number of coronavirus tests conducted in Maryland rose 117% in May-marking a total of 357,545 tests statewide since the beginning of the pandemic, Gov. Larry Hogan said Monday. Also, the number of positive cases in the state has dropped almost 60 percent since the virus peaked in mid-April.
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Hogan: Restaurants can reopen for outdoor dining effective Friday at 5 p.m.
Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday that the state’s fight against the coronavirus has progressed to a point at which restaurants may reopen for outdoor dining starting on Friday evening.
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Majority of Marylanders say coronavirus restrictions ‘about right,’ new poll finds
Here is pollster Patrick Gonzales’ synopsis of the results of a statewide poll his firm took last week.
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Hogan: Statewide contact tracing operation will be fully operational next week
@BryanRenbaum Maryland’s contact tracing operation for coronavirus cases will be fully...
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Leader of Md. health group predicts legislature will override veto of prescription drug board funding
The president of Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative said he is confident that the General Assembly will vote to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of legislation that would have established a permanent funding source for the Prescription Drug Affordability Board.
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Hogan: Stay-at-home order will be lifted Friday at 5 p.m.
Retail stores, barbershops, hair salons and houses of worship may reopen Friday evening and operate with up to 50% capacity.
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Hogan greenlights golf, boating, parks, beaches — and elective surgery
The COVID-19 hospitalization numbers are beginning to plateau, the governor said. “If these trends continue into next week, we will be ready to begin to lift our stay-at-home order.”
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Western Md. drive-thru testing set to start today
The Hagerstown site will be the state’s first drive-thru testing at a Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program facility in Western Maryland.
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Hogan shows stronger leadership than Cuomo, Trump and Fauci, poll finds
A MarylandReporter poll found that 40% of the respondents said Hogan has demonstrated stronger leadership than New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, President Donald Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci during the pandemic.
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Hogan acts to curb Delmarva COVID outbreaks
The governor gets help from feds to contain infections among poultry workers that could jeopardize the state’s biggest agricultural industry and the nation’s food supply chain.
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Hogan orders testing for all nursing home residents and staff
Newly established “bridge teams” will provide “emergency clinical staffing to nursing homes that are experiencing a crisis,” augmenting the assistance that strike teams are giving, the governor said.
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Hogan is ‘hopeful’ that Md. could begin to reopen in early May
The governor said the recovery plan consists of three incremental stages that are dependent upon a downward trend in the number of infections.
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