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Vaccination clinics operated by the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services are now offering COVID-19 vaccines to residents 65 to 74 year olds and essential workers, according to a press release. Essential workers in this priority group include transit workers, teachers, child care workers and individuals with developmental disabilities. In the past few […]

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics for March 5 According to Montgomery health officials, 8.1% of the county’s residents are fully vaccinated with two doses of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, 16.4% have received the first dose. Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services clinics are currently vaccinating 1A (all tiers) and 1B (all tiers) […]

El gobierno del condado de Montgomery anunció en Twitter que el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos recibió su primer envío de 1,600 dosis de las vacunas COVID-19 de Johnson & Johnson / Janssen. A diferencia de las vacunas Pfizer y Moderna, solo se necesita una dosis de la vacuna Johnson & Johnson para combatir […]

Montgomery County Government announced on Twitter that the Department of Health and Human Services has received its first shipment of 1,600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccines. Unlike the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, only one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is necessary to fight the coronavirus. 🆕 @MoCoDHHS has received its […]

Maryland has launched a COVID-19 vaccine equity plan, Gov. Larry Hogan announced at a press conference Thursday. “Today, to build on all of the months of comprehensive effort, we are announcing the very first vaccine equity operations plan of any state in America to further address health disparities and the issue of equity and to […]

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics for March 4 The Maryland Department of Health reported 107 new COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County Thursday morning. The county’s cumulative case count is currently 63,702. Montgomery County recorded one new coronavirus-related fatality Thursday, bringing the death toll to 1,376. The county has a rolling seven-day average of 2.83% for positive COVID-19 […]

In a letter Tuesday, Montgomery County Councilmember Andrew Friedson asked County Executive Marc Elrich for specific metrics the jurisdiction must meet in order to move to the next stage of COVID-19 reopenings. “While we must continue to do all we can to follow public health guidance to protect the safety of our residents, the County […]

U.S. Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-Md. 8) and David Trone (D-Md. 6) have written a letter to Gov. Larry Hogan and Maryland’s Acting Secretary of Health Dennis Schrader urging that the state open a mass vaccination site in Montgomery County. “[D]espite Montgomery suffering the worst casualty rate in Maryland and despite having the second-highest number of […]

El Condado de Montgomery organizará una conversación de manera virtual con enfoque en la prevención del suicidio y la salud mental, el miércoles 10 de marzo de  6:00 p.m. a 7:30 pm. La sesión es parte de Wellness Community Events: Healing and Holding On—One Conversation at a Time for the Community, una serie de charlas […]

Gov. Larry Hogan will provide an update on efforts by the state to ensure vaccine equity Thursday. He will be joined by Maryland National Guard Brigadier General Janeen Birckhead, who leads the Maryland Vaccine Equity Task Force. Watch the briefing live below: Today I’ll be joined by @MDNG Brigadier General Janeen Birckhead to hold a […]