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State Roundup: Maryland speeds up vaccination timeline, but for many health care workers, 2nd doses prove elusive State House in snow (Photo by Matt Proud) STATE SPEEDS UP VACCINE TIMELINE BUT 2 nd DOSES ELUSIVE: Maryland is speeding up its vaccination timeline, following the lead of other states and recommendations from federal officials as the surge of deaths and hospitalizations in the U.S. associated with COVID-19 continues. As of Monday, hospitalized people with certain medical conditions placing them at greater risk of a severe COVID-19 case are eligible for vaccination, McKenna Oxend...

Over 2,400 people got vaccinated at Howard Community College Saturday. MarylandReporter.com photo COVID VARIANT FOUND IN MARYLAND: The new, highly transmissible coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa has emerged in Maryland, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Saturday, marking the second state to report a confirmed case of the mutated virus, report Derek Hawkins, Miriam Berger and Meryl Kornfield for the Post. STATE LAUNCHES GoVAX CAMPAIGN: Pointing to a brighter future with fans at Baltimore Orioles games, backyard cookouts and family visits, community and political leaders launched Ma...

Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, right, and Gov. Larry Hogan talk to patrons of a Giant Pharmacy vaccination site in District Heights. Governor's Office photo by Patrick Seibert VACCINATION EFFORTS STILL SLOW, SHOW RACIAL DISPARITY: The rate of COVID-19 vaccinations continues at a tedious pace, so slow that one Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health expert said Thursday it’s not yet possible to see a difference in the course of the pandemic, Jayne Miller reports for WBALTV. The vaccination efforts so far show a racial disparity,with just 14.6 of the state’s Bla...

State Roundup: Dem leaders push $520M in relief targeting small biz, vulnerable Marylanders The State Senate Jan. 22, 2021. MarylandReporter.com photo DEMS PROPOSE $520M TARGETED RELIEF PACKAGE: Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday unveiled a $520 million coronavirus fiscal relief package aimed at helping both the state’s small businesses and its most vulnerable communities survive the pandemic, Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter writes. The Senate’s “Recovery Now” plan runs a wide gamut of priorities: sending millions to food banks and fire departments; wiping out utility and rental d...

Figures from the Thurgood Marshall plaza on Lawyer's Mall across from the State House. MarylandReporter.com photo STATE TO ROLL OUT MASS VACCINE SITES: To speed up and increase the efficiency of the state’s rollout of its supply of coronavirus vaccines, “mass vaccination sites” will be set up throughout Maryland, Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday. Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter is reporting that Hogan said that the “hundreds” of the state’s guard members who had been deployed to Washington, D.C., to assist with security for last week’s inauguration ceremony for President Joe Bid...