DC Mayor Bowser is asking Americans not to come to Washington DC for Biden's inauguration on January 20

DC residents can text INAUG2021 to 888-777 to get updates on public safety, street closures, transit updates, and more around the inauguration.

DC Mayor Bowser is asking the Department of the Interior to cancel any and all public gathering permits, and to deny any new public gathering permits in DC from January 11-24

Some updates on vaccine distribution in DC

Breaking: DC residents 65 and older can now make an appointment to get the Covid-19 vaccine

DC DOH Director LaQuandra Nesbitt says residents may experience some pain at the injection site, sore muscles, fatigue, or mild fever as side effects of the Covid vaccine. "This means the vaccine is working," she says.

Here are breakdowns of DC's different vaccination tiers — 1a through 1b

Breakdown of DC vaccination phase 1c and 2

The city is encouraging residents to register for a vaccine as soon as their phase is announced.

Asked whether she'd request the inauguration to be held in private for safety concerns, DC Mayor Bowser says "the transition of power happens when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are sworn in...that event should be public."