COVID-19 vaccines will be offered at select Baltimore County high schools starting as early as Monday.|| COVID-19 updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||Baltimore County Public Schools said it and the Baltimore County Department of Health will offer COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine clinics for BCPS high school students aged 16 and older, their family members and interested school staff. It has been in the works for a while, and I have to give props to the Baltimore County Department of Health. They ve been terrific partners throughout this whole thing. This is a joint effort of the Department of Health and Baltimore County Public Schools, and we re just very excited to be able to offer this opportunity, BCPS spokesman Charlie Herndon said.High schools with school-based wellness centers will start vaccine clinics as early as Monday, and other selected BCPS high schools will start as early as Wednesday.Online registration will be required. There is no charge for
Baltimore County residents can now directly schedule appointments for a COVID-19 vaccine at all county sites, County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. announced.
Saying that supply is beginning to outpace demand for coronavirus vaccinations, Baltimore County officials announced Tuesday the county will use a new way to reach neighborhoods with low vaccination rates through a Mobile Outreach Unit.
Black Men Lagging Behind Black Women in Getting COVID-19 Vaccine, DMV Health Departments Report
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N.C.-based meteorologist Vernon Turner leads by example, while receiving his second COVID-19 shot.
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7News reported that local health departments in Maryland and Virginia say that Black men are lagging behind Black women when it comes to getting the COVID-19 vaccine. The story included suggestions from Fernando Porter of Silver Spring. The physician said that what helps with hesitancy in his Black male patients feeling skeptical about getting the vaccine is sharing his personal vaccine experience with them. Porter explained his arm hurt, chills, body aches, and joint pain followed, but he later felt nothing else. N.C.-based meteorologist Vernon Turner is turning to social media to lead by example for others, too.
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