Amazon Gives $1 Million Locally to Fight the Impact of COVID-19
The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Awards Block Grants.
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Fairfax County Public Schools’ Distance Learning Begins on April 14
Superintendent’s letter to families.
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COVID-19 Puts Some Into a Time of Need
Area charity organizations are ready to lend a helping hand; donations needed.
Charities
‘Big Ideas’ Sought for Occoquan Park
Additional land open for a park element that would attract tourism.
Occoquan Park
Global to Local: Coronavirus Defines Us
Week Two 03/15-03/21– feeding children is priority for FCPS.
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Are Hospitals in Northern Virginia Ready?
Projections show a critical lack of hospital beds and ICU beds.
Northern Virginia’s health care system could be overwhelmed by an influx of patients infected with the novel coronavirus, according to an assessment from the Harvard Global Health Institute. The projections show hospitals in Fairfax, Arlington and Alexandria could quickly fill their available beds with patients, forcing administrators to either expand capacity or make the kind of life-and-death decisions about care that Italy has been forced into by the crisis.
Opinion: Commentary: Virginia Schools Closed for the Rest of Academic Year
Governor orders the closure of certain non-essential businesses, bans all gatherings of more than 10 people.
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