Annapolis Closings & Cancellations

We will add to this article as we receive notices—

Mayor Gavin Buckley stated that the “Pip” Moyer Recreation Center and Stanton Community Center are both closed to the public effective 6 pm on Friday, March 13, 2020. (To note, this is an update from what was previously stated.)

If you have questions concerning the following:

• Memberships – PMRC memberships will be extended the amount of time the facility is closed.

• Programs – Current programs will be extended for the time that they are not held. Refunds will be issued should an updated schedule not comply with the customer.

• Rentals – Rentals can be assigned to new dates once the facility re-opens. If scheduling does not permit, refunds will be issued.

• Child Care – Anne Arundel County Public Schools are closed March 16-27, 2020, therefore before and after school child care is not operating during this time.

• Athletic Fields – All permitted activities on City fields are suspended until further notice.

Closings and Cancellations are following course after Gov. Hogan’s press conference:

WTOP news reported the below: For the full article with video of Gov. Hogan’s press conference click here

Maryland is closing all public schools in the state from March 16 through March 27 in order to slow the spread of the growing coronavirus outbreak.

That’s one of several “major actions” being taken in the state. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says he is banning all public gatherings of 250 people, activating the National Guard, ordering all nonessential state government employees to work from home and closing the Port of Baltimore to passenger cruise ships.

“This is a public health emergency,” Deputy Health Secretary Fran Phillips said. The governor’s announcement came after officials announced the first known case in of a patient being infected with coronavirus through what’s known as community transmission.

A Prince George’s County man in his 60s who tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, had no known international travel or contacts with another infected individual, officials said Thursday. The man is currently hospitalized.

The steps announced by the governor will be “disruptive to your everyday lives,” the governor said.

With community spread of the disease, Hogan said he expects the number of new cases to “dramatically and rapidly rise.”

He added: “For Marylanders, the actions that I have announced here today will be disruptive to your everyday lives. And they may sound extreme, and they may sound frightening. But they could be the difference in saving lives and helping keep people safe.”