People waited outside in line for two hours-plus on Thursday at vaccine site in Rockville
About half of the residents who are showing up at county sites are not yet eligible to receive the vaccine By Dan Schere and Caitlynn Peetz |
February 11, 2021 | 4:05 pm
People waited in line two hours or more on Thursday to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville.
Photo by Dan Schere
In near-freezing temperatures Thursday afternoon, a line of people anxious to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Rockville’s Richard Montgomery High School stretched from one side of the building, past the baseball stadium and onto Fleet Street in the surrounding neighborhood.
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State supply of doses limited
Overall, Maryland receives about 72,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine from the federal government each week a number that isn’t likely to change for at least the next several weeks.
Of that number, only about half are disbursed to the two dozen local health departments across Maryland for them to distribute to the public, officials said.
Nevertheless, Gov. Larry Hogan has recently moved to expand eligibility requirements. This week, under those new guidelines, Marylanders age 75 and older were eligible to be vaccinated. Next week, starting Jan. 25, people ages 65 to 74 are eligible under the state’s guidelines.
County officials say doses being administered as fast as possible
January 19, 2021 | 11:54 pm
January 19, 2021
Pictured are Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses from the initial 100 delivered to Montgomery County officials on Dec. 23.
As the COVID-19 vaccine rolls out across Montgomery County and Maryland, many residents have felt left in the dark and confused by the differences in the rollouts among jurisdictions and states, perceiving a slow rollout.
But county and state officials have said they are doing the best they can . County officials have said they depend on the state to provide enough vaccine doses, and it has not been enough. State officials have called on the federal government to release more doses for distribution.