Elrich Calls for Vaccine Passport Program in Montgomery County

As COVID-19 cases rise, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich (D) on Wednesday said that in order to avoid the kind of spikes seen at the end of last year, “We have to implement a vaccine passport program.” The news comes the same day that outgoing Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles told Elrich, Council President Tom Hucker (D) and vice president Gabriel Albornoz (D) that the county has officially tipped into the “high transmission” category for COVID-19, meaning there have been more than 100 new cases of the coronavirus per 100,000 people in the past seven days.