The City of Alexandra strongly encourages wearing masks and maintaining physical distance in City facilities:

• Visitors and employees in City facilities are encouraged to wear a mask regardless of vaccination status, based on their personal preference and as informed by their personal level of risk.
• In health care and congregate settings, the City will continue to follow CDC guidance for community transmission rates, which requires that staff and visitors wear an appropriate mask or respirator while Alexandria has substantial or high community transmission.
• Everyone who is not up to date on their vaccines is strongly encouraged to find an appointment at vaccines.gov, and should continue to wear a mask and maintain 6 feet of physical distance from others while inside City buildings.
• Meeting rooms, hallways and elevators will remain set up with safety measures in place to provide the option to maintain physical distance. Virtual options may be available for meetings as indicated at alexandriava.gov/Calendar. Plexiglass partitions will remain in place until it is determined they are no longer needed.
• The City will continue to follow guidance from the CDC, the Virginia Department of Health and Alexandria Health Department, and will adjust policy for City government facilities as necessary to prevent serious illness from COVID-19.
• The federal government continues to require that masks are worn when using public transportation, including on buses, trains, and airplanes.  

Alexandria is currently at a medium COVID-19 community level. Wearing a mask is not required in most settings, but highly recommended. Specific settings, such as health care and congregate facilities, may require masks.

“Wear It Well” by wearing a mask:

• If you have COVID-19 symptoms
• If you are in the 10 days after a COVID-19 diagnosis
• If you are in the 10 days after an exposure to someone with COVID-19 and are around other people.
• That fits snugly over the nose and chin without gaps. Masks with multiple layers of fabric provide greater protection against transmission.

Mask requirements by individual businesses continue to be permitted. Mask signs and flyers are available for download and use from the Multilingual Resources page.

Follow the CDC’s tips on reducing your risk of getting or spreading COVID-19.

Hosting a gathering? The CDC has suggestions on how to set up a safer event.

If you or someone in your household has COVID-19, or has been a close contact, you should stay home and wear a mask for a period of ten days. Learn more about what to do during Quarantine or Isolation and when it’s safe to be around others again. Residents should plan and prepare by doing the following:  

• Try to  have enough food, household and pet supplies on hand to last for two weeks. 
• If you can, gather enough medical supplies to last for one month, especially prescriptions and other medicines you may need.
• Identify a list of people who can help you or will need to be notified in the event of an emergency,  including family, friends, neighbors, carpool drivers, healthcare providers, teachers, employers, the local public health department and other community resources. 
• Identify people who may need help, like neighbors, friends, family and co-workers who are older adults, have limited resources, have special needs, don’t understand English well or are new to the area.  
• Talk to your employer about changes at work, how family and sick leave is handled and if there are options to work from home or elsewhere during isolation or quarantine.