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After weeks of pleading with the state, Montgomery County leaders said they got the go ahead to setup a mass vaccination site.
The vaccinated population in D.C. may be overestimated in this map because some non-residents who work in D.C. are included in the totals.
Unlike state-run sites across Maryland, the county would take the lead at Montgomery College, relying on the state to fill in any logistical or operational gaps.
“Their five sites, they’re really stretching themselves thin,” Stoddard said. “They want to have more sites, so they need to change the model in which they do these things.”
Maryland’s first two COVID-19 mass vaccination sites open Friday – one at Six Flags America in Prince George’s County and the other at the Baltimore Convention Center. Gov. Larry Hogan called the move, “another critical step forward in the plan that has taken us from 2,500 shots a day to 25,000 shots a day in a matter of weeks.” Hogan…
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Montgomery County Will Have Mass Vaccination Site at Montgomery College Germantown
A vaccination site at the Timonium Fairgrounds in Baltimore County. Via Office of Gov. Larry Hogan’s Flickr.
The state has approved a COVID-19 mass vaccination site at Montgomery College Germantown, County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Director Dr. Earl Stoddard announced during a council session Tuesday.
“The positive news is really that the state has given us the go-ahead and they will be actively supporting us with real logistical support to get this site up and running,” Stoddard said.
“And they are going to sort of recognize it as a partnership site with the state as we build that out.” This site will be slightly different from other “truly state-run” mass vaccination sites in Maryland because it is a partnership between the state, county, Montgomery College and Holy Cross Health.