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Police warn Marylanders about scams surrounding COVID-19 vaccines
February 7, 2021 -

As the need for more coronavirus vaccines rises, a warning from Anne Arundel County police about a scam targeting older adults that could potentially send criminals to your home. WBAL-TV 11 News spoke with a Glen Burnie woman who narrowly avoided becoming a victim. When the phone rang, the conversation on the other line quickly raised concerns for Nancy Johnson. “She said something else about Anne Arundel County, and she didn’t pronounce the Arundel bit right, so I knew she probably didn’t live in Anne Arundel County,” Johnson said. “She was pure American woman. Not a foreign person. She had an American accent.”

Read More: WBAL
Amid shortage, Maryland acting health secretary says COVID vaccine providers should conserve second doses
February 2, 2021 -

Maryland’s acting health secretary on Tuesday said health care providers should hold in reserve enough COVID-19 vaccine to administer second doses to people who have already received one shot — rather than using their supply to give more people their first inoculation against the infectious disease, as some have recommended. “We are very adamant that we should not be burning through second doses as first doses, unless the federal government suddenly opens up the floodgates and we have doses coming from everywhere,” said acting secretary Dennis R. Schrader during a virtual Maryland House of Delegates committee hearing.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
A diverse suburb’s biggest pandemic challenge: Distributing the vaccine equitably
February 1, 2021 -

Ten months after a liberal, diverse suburb saw its first cases of the coronavirus, it faces what might be its most daunting task yet: distributing a protective vaccine to all 1 million residents. Lawmakers and health officials in Montgomery County, Md., which two years ago passed a sweeping racial equity bill, have emphasized the need to distribute the coronavirus vaccine according to “equity principles.”

Read More: Washington Post
Some Marylanders with health conditions can get vaccinated starting Monday. But who’s included?
February 1, 2021 -

Starting Monday, adults in Maryland who are hospitalized with certain health conditions will be eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines, according to the Maryland Department of Health’s latest clinician guidance. But the list of qualifying conditions is short, and the news comes while vaccine appointments remain difficult to obtain. People who are not hospitalized but are diagnosed with these conditions won’t be able to be vaccinated until Phase 2 of the rollout.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
State Selects Four-Lane ‘High Occupancy Toll’ Design for I-495, I-270
January 28, 2021 -

After years of study, the Maryland Department of Transportation has chosen its “preferred alternative” for Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s plan to expand portions of the Capital Beltway and Interstate 270 in Montgomery County, the agency announced on Wednesday. MDOT selected Alternative 9, which will add four High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes — two in each direction — to I-495 between the American Legion Bridge and the I-270 spurs, and to I-270 between the Beltway and Interstate 70 in Frederick.

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