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AdvertisementMaryland moves to Phase 1B of COVID-19 vaccine plan MondayHide TranscriptShow TranscriptEFFORTS TO GET THOSE DOSES INTO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM. &gt;&gt; OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS FOR THEM TO GET MORE SHOTS INTO THE ARMS OF MORE PEOPLE IN OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN. KIM: SO GOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN ANNOUNCED THURSDAY THE STATE WILL ENTER PHASE 1B ON MONDAY, OPENING UP COVID VACCINES TO ANY MARYLANDER 75 OR OLDER, LIVING IN ASSISTED LIVING, GROUP HOMES OR CONGREGATE FACILITIES, AND K-12 TEACHERS, STAFF, AND CHILDCARE PROVIDER PHASE 1C WILL FOLLOW THE NEXT WEEK, JANUARY 25, ALLOWING ANYONE AGED 65-74 TO GET THE SHOT MORE THAN 200,000 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN AT LEAST ONE DOSE, AND THE STATE IS WORKING ON ACCELERATING THE PACE OF WITH THE HELP OF THE NATIONAL GUA AND VOLUNTEERS. &gt;&gt; I WANT TO STRONGLY CAUTION THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A LONG PROCESS. GOING FORWARD, OUR GREATEST LIMITING FACTOR BY FAR WILL BE SUPPLY. KIM: TEACHERS GOT PUSHED UP IN THE ORDER BECAUSE HOGAN SAYS IT’S A PRIORITY TO SEND OUR KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL. BUT THERE’S NO MANDATE THAT SCHOOLS REOPEN ONCE TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE VACCINATED. CHERYL BOST, PRESIDENT OF THE STATE TEACHERS UNION, SAYS VACCINATION IS JUST ONE PART OF THE EQUATION. &gt;&gt; WITH MAKING SURE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY ITEMS ARE TAKEN CARE OF IN THE BUILDING, AS THE CDC AND MARYLAND HEALTH DEPARTMENT ARE REQUIRING, AND WIDESPREAD VACCINATION, THAT IT’S HITTING NOT JUST EDUCATORS, BUT OUR GENERAL PUBLIC, AND WE’RE HOPING THAT SOON THERE’LL BE A PEDIATRIC VERSION FOR STUDENTS. KIM: BOST IS HOPEFUL THAT THEY CAN RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM EVEN BEFORE NEXT FALL, BUT THAT DECISION IS UP TO EACH INDIVIDUAL COUNTY. &gt;&gt; ONE OF THE THINGS WE’LL HAV TO LOOK AT IS, WILL WE STILL NEED TO DO SOME OF THE MASKING AND SOCIAL DISTANCING? WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE IN OUR COMMUNITIES ONCE PEOPLE AR VACCINATED? KIM: THE FIRST STEP STARTS NOW, MAKING SURE EVERYONE GETS THE VACCINE. &gt;&gt; GETTING VACCINATED IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW TO SAVE LIVES AND TO PROTECT YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR FAMILY. KIM: THE STATE LAUNCHED AN ONLINE PORTAL TO STREAMLINE THE VACCINATION APPOINTMENT PROCAdvertisementMaryland moves to Phase 1B of COVID-19 vaccine plan MondayMaryland will move to Phase 1B of the state's COVID-19 vaccination plan beginning Monday, Gov. Larry Hogan announced.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland's latest numbers | Where to get tested ||Hogan said the state is entering the most challenging phase of the pandemic, and that getting vaccinated is critical to preventing more illnesses and more deaths."Getting vaccinated is the single most important thing that you can do right now to save lives and to protect your friends and your family and your community," Hogan said. "By getting this effective and safe vaccine, all of us can play an important part in returning to normal, ending the damage to our economy, preventing more deaths, illnesses in our state and eliminating and eradicating this pandemic once and for all.""(I) urge all Marylanders who are currently eligible to receive the vaccine to do so," Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford said. "No one out there -- especially those in the high-risk categories or front-line and essential workers -- should think they don't need to worry about the virus. The fact is that no one knows how the virus may affect them, whether it's little symptoms or few symptoms, or an ICU stay, you won't know until it happens. I don't know about you, but I'd rather not find out myself."Vaccine Data DashboardMaryland vaccination plan FAQsMARYLAND MOVES TO PHASE 1B MONDAY: After conferring with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield, Vice President Mike Pence and President-elect Joe Biden's team, and reviewing revised CDC guidance, the governor announced the state will move to Phase 1B of the state's COVID-19 Vaccination Plan.Starting Monday, eligible groups will be expanded statewide to include all Marylanders 75 and older, as well as anyone of any age living in assisted living or independent living facilities and developmental disabilities and behavioral health group homes."Vaccinations will now be available for, essentially, all of Maryland's most vulnerable population," Maryland Aging Secretary Rona Kramer said. "It's important not just for our seniors, but for all Marylanders to know these vaccines are safe and effective.""Our primary goal is for them to get more shots into the arms of more people in our vulnerable populations as quickly as they can," Hogan said.Also starting Monday, the state is directing all Maryland hospitals and county health departments to begin using remaining doses by opening Phase 1B clinics focused on the elderly.EDUCATORS: Those now eligible in Phase 1B also include K-12 teachers, education staff and child care providers. For teachers and education staff, the state superintendent has submitted plans for how each county school system will vaccinate its teachers and critical staff. The plans will be implemented in the coming weeks, Hogan said."I want to get kids back in school as quickly as we possibly can," Hogan said. "That's why our state superintendent of schools has been working with all the county systems to make sure that they had plans to vaccinate all the teachers, all of the other educational staff, as well as the child-care providers, so we can get our kids back to school -- everybody wants that to happen."Teachers got pushed up in priority stages because the governor said it's a priority to send children back to school.But there's no mandate that schools reopen once teachers and staff are vaccinated. Cheryl Bost, president of the state teachers' union, the Maryland State Education Association, said vaccination is just one part of the equation."With making sure the health and safety items are taking care of in the building, as the CDC and Maryland Health Department are requiring, and widespread vaccination, that it's hitting not just educators but our general public, and we're hoping that, soon, there'll be a pediatric version for students," Bost said.Bost is hopeful that they can return to the classroom even before next fall, but that decision is up to each individual school district."One of the things we'll have to look at is will we still need to do some of the masking and social distancing. What will it look like in our communities once people are vaccinated?" Bost said.PHASE 1C: The governor announced the state will move into Phase 1C starting Jan. 25, which will be open to all Maryland residents ages 65 to 74; public health and safety workers not covered in Phase 1A; and essential workers in lab services, food and agriculture production, manufacturing, the U.S. Postal Service, public transit and grocery stores. NEW ONLINE VACCINATION SITE LOCATOR: The state is launching covidvax.maryland.gov, an online portal where Marylanders can find a list of vaccination sites in their area along with contact information. Due to limited supply, vaccinations will be done by appointment only at this time.Watch the governor's news conference in its entirety:MASS VACCINATION SITES: In anticipation of increased vaccine production, the Maryland Department of Health and the Maryland National Guard are working with private partners to open mass vaccination sites at central locations.The Guard has been assisting the Prince George's County Health Department, along with Charles County, to expand their county vaccination clinics. The Guard is also serving as a force multiplier and providing support personnel to testing and vaccination sites, the governor announced.OUT-OF-STATE PRACTITIONERS: The MDH on Thursday is issuing an order that allows out-of-state practitioners to prepare and administer vaccines in Maryland.VOLUNTEERS: Through the Maryland Responds Medical Reserve Corps, the state has allocated 771 volunteers for county vaccination clinics. Ten jurisdictions have taken advantage of this, and six more have initiated the process of receiving volunteers.STATE PARTNERSHIP: The state also activated Part B of the federal CVS and Walgreens partnership to include assisted living and all other long-term care facilities.In its latest update, CVS reports that it has completed first-round vaccination clinics at all of the Maryland nursing homes it was assigned, a gubernatorial spokesman said.WALMART AND GIANT PARTNERSHIP: The governor announced the launch of a pilot program with Walmart and Giant locations to begin administering vaccines at their pharmacies. The pilot will launch the week of Jan. 25 at 22 Giant locations, three Martin's locations in Washington and Allegany counties and 10 Walmart locations on the Eastern Shore and in Western Maryland.LOCAL FLEXIBILITY: The governor announced that local governments will be granted additional flexibility in using allocated doses, as long as they continue to prioritize the elderly and most vulnerable.As of Thursday, Maryland Department of Health data indicated 178,415 first doses have been administered and 15,840 second doses have been administered in the state to date.Hogan said Maryland has distributed 547,300 (first and second) doses of vaccines to hospitals, nursing homes and local health departments as of Thursday. This represents 99.6% of all doses allotted by the federal government."I want to strongly caution that this will continue to be a long process going forward the greatest limiting factor by far will be supply," Hogan said.Maryland's initial allocation of COVID-19 vaccines were focused on Phase 1A critical health care workers, first responders and those most at risk of contracting the virus.The last time the governor provided an update on the state's vaccine plan was Jan. 6, when there were changes made to the state's COVID-19 vaccine distribution phases.Maryland will move to Phase 1B of the state's COVID-19 vaccination plan beginning Monday, Gov. Larry Hogan announced.|| | | ||AdvertisementHogan said the state is entering the most challenging phase of the pandemic, and that getting vaccinated is critical to preventing more illnesses and more deaths."Getting vaccinated is the single most important thing that you can do right now to save lives and to protect your friends and your family and your community," Hogan said. "By getting this effective and safe vaccine, all of us can play an important part in returning to normal, ending the damage to our economy, preventing more deaths, illnesses in our state and eliminating and eradicating this pandemic once and for all.""(I) urge all Marylanders who are currently eligible to receive the vaccine to do so," Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford said. "No one out there -- especially those in the high-risk categories or front-line and essential workers -- should think they don't need to worry about the virus. The fact is that no one knows how the virus may affect them, whether it's little symptoms or few symptoms, or an ICU stay, you won't know until it happens. I don't know about you, but I'd rather not find out myself."MARYLAND MOVES TO PHASE 1B MONDAY: After conferring with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield, Vice President Mike Pence and President-elect Joe Biden's team, and reviewing revised CDC guidance, the governor announced the state will move to Phase 1B of the state's COVID-19 Vaccination Plan.Starting Monday, eligible groups will be expanded statewide to include all Marylanders 75 and older, as well as anyone of any age living in assisted living or independent living facilities and developmental disabilities and behavioral health group homes."Vaccinations will now be available for, essentially, all of Maryland's most vulnerable population," Maryland Aging Secretary Rona Kramer said. "It's important not just for our seniors, but for all Marylanders to know these vaccines are safe and effective.""Our primary goal is for them to get more shots into the arms of more people in our vulnerable populations as quickly as they can," Hogan said.Also starting Monday, the state is directing all Maryland hospitals and county health departments to begin using remaining doses by opening Phase 1B clinics focused on the elderly.EDUCATORS: Those now eligible in Phase 1B also include K-12 teachers, education staff and child care providers. For teachers and education staff, the state superintendent has submitted plans for how each county school system will vaccinate its teachers and critical staff. The plans will be implemented in the coming weeks, Hogan said."I want to get kids back in school as quickly as we possibly can," Hogan said. "That's why our state superintendent of schools has been working with all the county systems to make sure that they had plans to vaccinate all the teachers, all of the other educational staff, as well as the child-care providers, so we can get our kids back to school -- everybody wants that to happen."Teachers got pushed up in priority stages because the governor said it's a priority to send children back to school.But there's no mandate that schools reopen once teachers and staff are vaccinated. Cheryl Bost, president of the state teachers' union, the Maryland State Education Association, said vaccination is just one part of the equation."With making sure the health and safety items are taking care of in the building, as the CDC and Maryland Health Department are requiring, and widespread vaccination, that it's hitting not just educators but our general public, and we're hoping that, soon, there'll be a pediatric version for students," Bost said.Bost is hopeful that they can return to the classroom even before next fall, but that decision is up to each individual school district."One of the things we'll have to look at is will we still need to do some of the masking and social distancing. What will it look like in our communities once people are vaccinated?" Bost said.PHASE 1C: The governor announced the state will move into Phase 1C starting Jan. 25, which will be open to all Maryland residents ages 65 to 74; public health and safety workers not covered in Phase 1A; and essential workers in lab services, food and agriculture production, manufacturing, the U.S. Postal Service, public transit and grocery stores. NEW ONLINE VACCINATION SITE LOCATOR: The state is launching , an online portal where Marylanders can find a list of vaccination sites in their area along with contact information. Due to limited supply, vaccinations will be done by appointment only at this time.Watch the governor's news conference in its entirety:This content is imported from Facebook.You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.MASS VACCINATION SITES: In anticipation of increased vaccine production, the Maryland Department of Health and the Maryland National Guard are working with private partners to open mass vaccination sites at central locations.The Guard has been assisting the Prince George's County Health Department, along with Charles County, to expand their county vaccination clinics. The Guard is also serving as a force multiplier and providing support personnel to testing and vaccination sites, the governor announced.OUT-OF-STATE PRACTITIONERS: The MDH on Thursday is issuing an that allows out-of-state practitioners to prepare and administer vaccines in Maryland.VOLUNTEERS: Through the Maryland Responds Medical Reserve Corps, the state has allocated 771 volunteers for county vaccination clinics. Ten jurisdictions have taken advantage of this, and six more have initiated the process of receiving volunteers.STATE PARTNERSHIP: The state also activated Part B of the federal CVS and Walgreens partnership to include assisted living and all other long-term care facilities.In its latest update, CVS reports that it has completed first-round vaccination clinics at all of the Maryland nursing homes it was assigned, a gubernatorial spokesman said.WALMART AND GIANT PARTNERSHIP: The governor announced the launch of a pilot program with Walmart and Giant locations to begin administering vaccines at their pharmacies. The pilot will launch the week of Jan. 25 at 22 Giant locations, three Martin's locations in Washington and Allegany counties and 10 Walmart locations on the Eastern Shore and in Western Maryland.LOCAL FLEXIBILITY: The governor announced that local governments will be granted additional flexibility in using allocated doses, as long as they continue to prioritize the elderly and most vulnerable.As of Thursday, Maryland Department of Health data indicated 178,415 first doses have been administered and 15,840 second doses have been administered in the state to date.Hogan said Maryland has distributed 547,300 (first and second) doses of vaccines to hospitals, nursing homes and local health departments as of Thursday. This represents 99.6% of all doses allotted by the federal government."I want to strongly caution that this will continue to be a long process going forward the greatest limiting factor by far will be supply," Hogan said.Maryland's initial allocation of COVID-19 vaccines were focused on Phase 1A critical health care workers, first responders and those most at risk of contracting the virus.The last time the governor provided an update on the state's vaccine plan was , when there were changes made to the state's COVID-19 vaccine distribution phases.This content is imported from Twitter.You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.Maryland is sitting on nearly 400,000 vaccine doses and cannot articulate a plan to rapidly expand our vaccination efforts. The Governor needs to tell the people today what resources he’s putting in place to get Maryland vaccinated. We can’t keep waiting.— Speaker Adrienne A. 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AdvertisementMaryland moves to Phase 1B of COVID-19 vaccine plan MondayHide TranscriptShow TranscriptEFFORTS TO GET THOSE DOSES INTO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM. &gt;&gt; OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS FOR THEM TO GET MORE SHOTS INTO THE ARMS OF MORE PEOPLE IN OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN. KIM: SO GOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN ANNOUNCED THURSDAY THE STATE WILL ENTER PHASE 1B ON MONDAY, OPENING UP COVID VACCINES TO ANY MARYLANDER 75 OR OLDER, LIVING IN ASSISTED LIVING, GROUP HOMES OR CONGREGATE FACILITIES, AND K-12 TEACHERS, STAFF, AND CHILDCARE PROVIDER PHASE 1C WILL FOLLOW THE NEXT WEEK,...

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