Anne Arundel Co equity program makes sure communities of color get COVID-19 vaccine wbaltv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wbaltv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Health officials aren t taking any chances with planned COVID-19 vaccination clinics and a potential for snow Thursday. || Coronavirus updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||Some health departments are scrambling to reschedule appointments for people who need to get their COVID-19 vaccines, especially those who need their second shot.Some health departments around the greater Baltimore area have plans in place, while others are taking a wait-and-see approach.In Carroll County, health officials had a large second-dose clinic planned for Thursday, which has been moved to Saturday. Folks will get an email to let them know about the move, the rescheduling, and will be able to reschedule for another date if you re not available, said Maggie Kunz, a health planner for the Carroll County Health Department. We had another clinic on Friday, so that was not as easily available. Saturday was an easy time to find the space and be able to move the clinic exactly
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Anne Arundel County taxpayers each year contribute to a budget that is about $1.8 billion. Because taxpayer dollars flow directly into the salaries of all county employees, The Capital sorted through two employee pay databases from Fiscal Year 2021 and compared the data to past years.
The hearing continued Tuesday with county officials defending the executive order.
The judge pressed Anne Arundel County Health Officer Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman for answers, demanding to know why the county is relying on hospital bed capacity projections rather than actual numbers.
The health officer told the court the county heavily relies on the number of COVID-19 hospitalization projections to determine what safety measures to put in place to help stop the spread. The numbers for December were off by 5,000 beds, leaving more than enough space to handle a spike in cases.
Mulford: This is not in the realm of reasonable probability. Why are you so wildly off with your projections? Why do you need to do more?