He said he had “allergy symptoms” and would work from home while isolated. Friends – Yesterday, I tested positive for COVID. After experiencing allergy symptoms this week, I did a home test yesterday and a PCR test confirmed the positive result. – Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) April 7, 2022 Just a reminder – the best way to find out if it is COVID or your seasonal allergies is to get tested. Visit the COVID center in your neighborhood. The best way to avoid serious illness is to get vaccinated and renewed. To get a test or to get vaccinated and boosted: https://t.co/6M9038Vcd8 – Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) April 7, 2022 Boozer urged residents to get tested, vaccinated and reinforced. “Just a reminder – the best way to find out if it’s COVID or your seasonal allergies is to get tested,” the mayor said in a tweet. The DC Coronavirus website records the “current level of COVID-19 community” in the District as low. The website reports the weekly rate of cases and the number of hospital admissions by March 27, the last reported date. The mayor lost her only sister and older brother to COVID-19 in February 2021. Mercia Bowser was 64 years old. Former Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam tested positive for COVID in September 2020, his office said. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan tested positive in December 2021, he announced. It was not immediately clear if the current governor of Virginia, Glenn Yangin, had the coronavirus. The age of allergies is here, so we asked Dr. Richard Wasserman, Medical Director of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at Medical City Children’s Hospital in Texas, to answer our top 10 questions about allergies. Stay tuned to NBC Washington for more details on this evolving story.
