CDC's new COVID-19 Community Levels recommendations align precautions for educational settings with those for other community settings. DC Health is in the process of updating this page with these new recommendations. Updates will be posted here when available.
(To find translated versions of these health guidances in Amharic, Chinese, French, Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese, please visit https://coronavirus.dc.gov/translated.)
Mayor's Orders and Mask Guidance
- Mayor's Order 2022-043: Extension of Public Emergency for COVID-19 Through April 16, 2022
- Mayor's Order 2022-029: Adjustments to Winter Action Plan of Mitigation Measures for COVID-19
- Mayor's Order 2022-019: Extension of Limited Public Health Emergency Related to Healthcare Capacity
- Mayor's Order 2022-018: Extension of Indoor Mask Requirements
- Mayor's Order 2022-008: Declaration of Limited Public Health Emergency Related to Healthcare Capacity
- Mayor's Order 2022-007: Extension of COVID-19 Public Emergency
- Mayor's Order 2021-148: Vaccination Requirement for Entrance into Certain Indoor Establishments and Facilities
- Mayor's Order 2021-147: Declaration of Public Emergency:; Indoor Mask Requirements; Vaccination Requirements for DC Government Employees; and COVID-19 Testing for Education Sector
- Mayor's Order 2021-142: Modification of Certain COVID-19 Indoor Mask Mandates
- Mayor Bowser Issues Order 2021-119: Extension of Public Emergency
- Mayor's Order 2021-109 - COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for Adults Regularly in Schools or Child Care Facilities and for Student-Athletes
- Mayor’s Order 2021-099: COVID-19 Vaccination Certification Requirement for District Government Employees, Contractors, Interns, and Grantees
- Mayor's Order 2021-097: Resumption of Mask Requirements and Delegations of Authority to the Department of Health and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education
- Mayor’s Order 2021-096: End of Public Health Emergency and Extension of Public Emergency
- Mayor’s Order 2021-069: Modified Measures for Spring/Summer 2021 of Washington, DC Reopening and Extension of Public and Public Health Emergencies [Text Version of Order]
- The Sign: You Must Wear a Mask
Resources for the Public
Health Guidances
Reopening Guidances
Childcare and Schools
Businesses, Services and Activities
- Best Practices for Businesses, Community Establishments and Public Events - April 19, 2022
- Screening Tool Guidance - February 18, 2022
- Homeless Shelters - May 11, 2022
Resources for Health Care Providers
Additional information for licensed health care providers is available on the DC Health Notices page. The Health Notices page includes health alerts notices and other direct communications to providers from the Department's Division of Epidemiology - Disease Suveillance and Investigation (DE-DSI).
CDC has partnered with DC Health to provide resources for health care frontline workers to learn about how they can protect themselves and their patients from COVID-19 and other healthcare-associated infections. Check out the CDC’s Project Firstline Facebook and Twitter feeds.
- Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking: Vaccination Requirement for Health Care Workers - April 25, 2022
- COVID-19 Evaluation and Test Interpretation Algorithms for Healthcare Providers
- COVID-19 Specimen Submission Guidelines
- COVID-19 Reporting Requirements
- COVID-19 Template Letter for Patients with Direct Exposure
- COVID-19 Tempate Letter for Patients WITHOUT Direct Exposure
COVID-19 Health Guidances
General
Specific Healthcare Settings
- Hospital Visitation - December 20, 2021
- Indoor and Outdoor Visitation for Intermediate Care Facilities - October 13, 2021
- Intermediate Care Facilities - March 31, 2022
- Risk Assessment for Community Visits - March 21, 2022
- Screening in a Healthcare Setting - March 4, 2022
- Skilled Nursing Facilities and Assisted Living Residences - March 21, 2022
- Skilled Nursing Facilities and Assisted Living Residences - Visitation Requirements - December 17, 2021