Governor Larry Hogan:
- 4 million vaccines administered to-date.
- Vaccinated more than 82% of 65+, more than 55% of 18+
- Recognized by Biden administration for the Maryland Vaccine Equity Task Force plan
- 3000 points of distribution: 509 pharmacies, 104 doctors’ offices
- Equity Task Force is adding clinics each week
- Tomorrow Ripken Stadium opens as a mass vax site (Harford County)
- Howard County site at the Mall in Columbia opens next week
- No appointment walk-up lines in at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital, and Greenbelt Metro Station
- Milestones:
- Six Flags reached 250,000
- Southern MD reached 100,000
- M&T reaches 1,000 in one hour
- Make an appointment at COVIDvax.maryland.gov OR call 1-855-MD-GOVAX (call 7 days a week, 7 am to 10 pm)
- We still have a ways to go
- GOAL: VACCINATE EVERY MARYLANDER WHO WANTS A VACCINE
- “NO ARM LEFT BEHIND” all-hands-on-deck effort
- Redoubling effort:
- Contacting more than 70,000 Medicaid recipients age 50+
- Conducting clinics at senior centers with Rite Aid, Safeway, and Giant pharmacies (Senior centers are authorized to reopen as of April 30)
- Higher education:
- Blocking off appointments for college students, especially at College Park/Greenbelt
- Partnering with Maryland Higher Education Commission to conduct campus research
- Working with 42 colleges and universities on a social media ad campaign
- New clinics for agricultural and essential workers
- New PSA featuring doctors from across the state encouraging vaccination
- Encourage all people you know to get vaccinated
Brigadier General Janeen Birckhead, head of the Maryland Vaccine Equity Task Force:
- 5th in the nation for vaccinating Black Americans, 8th for vaccinating Asian American Pacific Islander communities, and 13th for Hispanic population
- Meeting people where they are–in their cultural centers, in their neighborhoods
- Delivering vaccines in hard-to-reach areas
- “Defeat virus through equity”
- Partnerships with Morgan State University and Bowie State University to do walk-up vaccinations
