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Stay strong and stay home Ward 8. 

Regards,

Trayon White, Sr.
Councilmember, Ward 8

(Washington, DC) – Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that the District is expanding the criteria for priority coronavirus (COVID-19) testing to include critical infrastructure workers with a history of exposure to a laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patient. This includes grocery store workers, essential government employees, and other workers who continue to report to work in the District.

The District currently provides free COVID-19 testing at United Medical Center (UMC) and University of the District of Columbia Community College (UDC-CC) Bertie Backus Campus. There are additional free testing sites across the District. To schedule a free testing appointment, residents and workers can call the COVID-19 testing hotline at 1-855-363-0333 for English, or 1-844-796-2797 for English and Spanish.

For more information about the District’s COVID-19 response, visit coronavirus.dc.gov.

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Verizon will help customers and small businesses disrupted by the impact of coronavirus

Company will waive late fees and keep residential and small business customers connected if negatively impacted by the global crisis.

Networks continue to perform strongly as Verizon accelerates investments for the future.

Update: Effective April 27:

Verizon is extending its commitment to keep our customers connected through June 30. This means we will neither terminate service nor charge late fees to our postpaid wireless, residential, and small business1 customers that notify us of their inability to pay their bills due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Customers can notify us by visiting here.