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DC, Md., Va. close COVID vaccination and testing sites; Fairfax Co. schools close testing sites

D.C., Maryland and Virginia shut down COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites Monday ahead of the winter storm.

In D.C., all testing sites have been canceled due to winter weather.

The Virginia Department of Health said it closed all of its Community Vaccination Centers on Monday. Affected sites in Northern Virginia include the former Lord & Taylor store in Tysons Corner, the former Home Gallery store in Fredericksburg and the old Gander Mt. building in Woodbridge.

Anyone with appointments at those vaccine centers will be notified of the cancellation and can visit the Virginia Department of Health website to reschedule.

The health department said it will decide Monday afternoon whether to open the sites Tuesday.

Fairfax County Public Schools made changes to its COVID-19 testing sites. Initially, the school system said the sites would be open. Now they are closed.



The Maryland Department of Health closed a number of state-run testing and vaccination sites. The department said people should make sure any testing or vaccine site is open before visiting Monday, but announced the following sites will be closed:

  • Annapolis — corner of Bladen and Calvert streets
  • Anne Arundel County — Anne Arundel Medical Center
  • Baltimore City — State Center
  • Harford County — UM Upper Chesapeake Health
  • Prince George’s County — City of Praise Family Ministries

There may be changes to testing and vaccine operations Tuesday as well, Maryland’s health department warned.

National Museum of the American Latino to be housed in historic Smithsonian building

The Smithsonian Institution has decided to put the National Museum of the American Latino into an existing, historic building, rather than constructing a new one. The Smithsonian Board of Regents on Monday designated the Arts and Industries Building, a 145-year-old redbrick Victorian structure located between the Smithsonian Castle and the Hirshhorn Museum, as the permanent site of the National Museum of the American Latino, which Congress authorized in 2020. In 2022, the Smithsonian narrowed its survey for permanent locations for the National Museum of the American Latino and the American Women's History Museum to four locations near the National Mall on land owned by the National Park Service. The Arts and Industries Building, located at 900 Jefferson St. SW, was one of the four sites. New construction on National Park Service land would require congressional approval. However, since the Smithsonian already owns the Arts and Industries Building, the institution can place the National Museum of the American Latino in the existing building without additional legislation.
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