The answer to our current situation is testing and

therapeutics. The solution to ending this pandemic is vigilance and vaccines.

Vaccines are approved by America’s leading medical

experts and are highly effective at preventing COVID-19 illness.

Getting vaccinated is critical to keeping you, your family, your friends, and your community

healthy and safe.

99.6%

320,200

112,175 (35.0%)

137,425

56,621 (41.2%)

● doses received

● CVS completed 94% of its clinics

● Walgreens completed 76% of its clinics

FIRST DOSES RECEIVED FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

APPROXIMATELY

TOTAL DOSES ADMINISTERED

VACCINATIONS REPORTED TODAY

● All Marylanders age 75+

● Anyone of any age in assisted living, group homes, other congregate facilities

● K-12 teachers and support staff, childcare providers

● Activating Part B of federal partnership

● Includes assisted living and all other long-term care facilities

● Pilot program launching January 25 ● 22 Giant locations (statewide)● 3 Martin’s locations (Washington,

Allegany counties)● 10 Walmart locations (Western

Maryland, Eastern Shore)

● We are directing all Maryland hospitals and county health departments to utilize their remaining doses by opening Phase 1B clinics focused on the elderly

● State Superintendent has submitted vaccination plans for each jurisdiction

● School systems will begin to implement plans in the coming weeks

JANUARY 25ALL ADULTS 65-74

● Local jurisdictions have the flexibility to move to the next priority groups; elderly and most vulnerable must be prioritized

● Planning for mass vaccination sites is underway

● Assisting in Prince George’s, Charles counties

● Providing additional support at vaccination and testing sites

● 750 volunteers recruited and allocated for county vaccination clinics

● State health order will allow out-of-state practitioners to prepare and administer vaccines in Maryland

Our greatest limiting factor will be supply.

We need more doses.

● Commitment from vaccine manufacturers to increase production

● Commitment from new administration to get us more doses

If you have elderly loved ones, friends, or neighbors,

encourage them to get vaccinated and help them

make a plan.

● Expanding Telehealth - Reimbursement for Audio-only Telehealth

● Telehealth - Out-of-State Healthcare Practitioners

● Board of Professional Counselors - Interstate Compact

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the lives of Marylanders, particularly

those struggling with mental and behavioral health disorders.

SECRETARY, MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF AGING