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DC giving away child-size KN95 masks

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Tuesday that all D.C. Health COVID Centers will offer free child-size KN95 masks starting Wednesday.

Proof of residency will be required and residents can obtain two packages of children’s masks, with each containing five masks, for a total of 10 masks per resident.



In addition to masks for children, all COVID Centers will continue to provide vaccinations, boosters, adult masks, take-home rapid antigen tests and PCR tests.

There’s one COVID Center in each of D.C.’s eight wards, with all sites open six days a week:

  • Ward 1: 800 Euclid St. NW
  • Ward 2: 926 F St. NW
  • Ward 3: 5335 Wisconsin Ave. NW
  • Ward 4: 4704 13th St. NW
  • Ward 5: 2350 Washington Place, Suite 105-N NE
  • Ward 6: 507 8th St. SE
  • Ward 7: 3929 Minnesota Ave. NE
  • Ward 8: 3640 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE

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Looking for more information? D.C., Maryland and Virginia are each releasing more data every day. Visit their official sites here: Virginia | Maryland | D.C.

DC-area volunteers raising money for truck to support Ukraine war effort

Some D.C.-area residents are trying to raise enough money to send a specially equipped truck to Ukraine as part of a nationwide grassroots fundraising campaign. Bethesda, Maryland, resident Jeffrey Bloch is helping lead Maryland's effort through the 50 States for Ukraine campaign. The group is trying to raise $13,000 for a vehicle for use by a Ukrainian military unit. Funds raised through 50 States for Ukraine are used by the organization Car for Ukraine to purchase, modify and deliver vehicles. According to the fundraising website, efforts in neighboring D.C. and Virginia have already raised enough money to fund multiple vehicles. “These are not really the large military vehicles or tanks, things like that, that are normally associated with government aid packages, but they are a bit smaller vehicles that are not covered under these aid packages, but they're very urgently needed on the ground," Bloch said.
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