Most federal covid vaccination mandates will end on May 11
In addition, citizens of D. C. ne will receive more notifications of exposure to covid from May 11, coinciding with the end of the public fitness emergency, as the national program supporting the district will end, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Monday.
More than 40,000 people have used the formula, called the DC Covid Alert Notice (DC CAN), to anonymously alert contacts of imaginable exposure to covid. The formula generated more than a million exposure notifications, city officials said.
Next week, cell phones will avoid alerting citizens if they are near someone who tested positive for covid, however, city officials have suggested citizens continue to take precautions to slow the spread of the virus.
Maryland’s edition of that system, MD Covid Alert, ends May 9, the state will continue to investigate outbreaks in institutions.