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Since Monday, Montgomery County residents older than 16 have been able to preregister to receive the coronavirus vaccine at all state and county operated vaccine clinics. This news comes as coronavirus cases for children have been on the rise across the country—particularly in the state of Michigan, which currently is experiencing the worst outbreak in […]

El uso de la vacuna Covid-19 de Johnson & Johnson se ha detenido “por precaución” mientras se estudian seis incidentes de coágulos sanguíneos raros y graves, y se alerta a los profesionales médicos sobre qué buscar y cómo tratar a cualquiera que los experimente, dijo la Dra. Janet Woodcock, administradora interina de la Comisión de […]

Use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has been paused “out of an abundance of caution” while six incidents of rare and severe blood clots are studied, and medical professionals are alerted to what to look for and how to treat anyone experiencing these conditions, Dr. Janet Woodcock, acting U.S. Food and Drug Commission […]

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics for April 13 The Maryland Department of Health reported 116 new COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County Tuesday morning. The county’s cumulative case count is 68,260. As of April 12, the county reported that 108 people were hospitalized with COVID-19. Montgomery County recorded no new coronavirus-related fatalities Tuesday, so the death toll in […]

Las organizaciones sin fines de lucro Cross Community y MobileMed se asociaron para ofrecer un sitio de distribución de alimentos y una clínica de vacunas COVID-19 en Lakeforest Mall, en Gaithersburg. Se llevó a cabo una distribución de alimentos en el centro comercial el 8 de abril. Se invitó a los residentes a registrarse para […]

According to county leaders, the number of allotted COVID-19 vaccine doses has slightly decreased on a federal and state level. During County Council President Tom Hucker’s media briefing on Monday, local health officials said the mass vaccination site at Montgomery College’s Germantown campus did ‘tremendously well’ last week by administering about 3,000 doses on Thursday […]

Nonprofits Cross Community and MobileMed partnered to offer a food distribution site and COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Lakeforest Mall in Gaithersburg. A food distribution was held at the mall on April 8. Residents were invited to register for a vaccine appointment and return Friday to get vaccinated, and pick up a box of food on […]

  A partir del lunes, la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA) ofrece asistencia financiera para los gastos funerarios de las muertes relacionadas con COVID-19, que ocurrieron después del 20 de enero de 2020. Esta asistencia está bajo la Ley de Asignaciones Suplementarias de Respuesta y Alivio del Coronavirus de 2021, y la […]

Montgomery College President Dr. DeRionne Pollard spoke a day ahead of MC’s Germantown campus launching as a state-run mass vaccination clinic. Pollard said that the college was “honored” to serve its community. “There are three things every [community] in our nation needs right now — every community, every town across the nation: one is vaccines, […]

Gov. Larry Hogan was asked after touring the mass vaccination site at Montgomery College Germantown on April 7 if there are any plans to shift vaccine distribution to parts of the state that have more of a demand in terms of residents wanting the vaccine, rather than distributing based on per capita data to counties. […]