With Christmas come and gone and New Year’s Eve quickly approaching, demand for COVID-19 tests in D.C. shows no signs of slowing down. On Tuesday, News4’s Cory Smith found the crowd outside District testing sites to be a bit smaller than previous days, while the lines to pickup at-home test kits moved with a bit more speed.
Four Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C, will close for several days due to COVID-19 cases among staff members.
The National Museum of African Art, the National Postal Museum, the Anacostia Community Museum and the National Museum of Asian Art (Freer and Sackler galleries) are set to close from Wednesday to Monday, Jan. 3.
“Over the last few days, the Smithsonian has seen an increase in positive covid cases and associated quarantine periods among our essential and operational staff,” the Smithsonian said in a press release.
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Smithsonian will move staff to other museums so those sites can stay open.
Other sites are set to remain open, including the National Zoo, National Air and Space Museum, National Museum of American History and more.
