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Dec 17, 2020
The Maryland Board of Public Works â from left, Treasurer Nancy Kopp, Gov. Larry Hogan and Comptroller Peter Franchot â shown in a March 2020 photo, is scheduled to consider state budget cuts Wednesday in response to the impact of COVID-19 on the economy. Associated Press
CUMBERLAND â After Allegany and Garrett counties were left out of the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines distributed throughout the state due to an apparent miscommunication, Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot brought up the subject during Wednesdayâs Board of Public Works virtual meeting.
It was announced that hospitals in Allegany and Garrett County would be receiving doses of the Moderna vaccine as part of phase 1A and the initial federal allocation of the stateâs vaccine distribution program.
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CUMBERLAND â Although Allegany and Garrett counties have the highest COVID-19 case rates across Maryland, local hospitals didnât make the stateâs cut for facilities that will get the first available vaccine for the disease.
Whenever local hospitals do get a shipment, the vaccine wonât be mandatory for their workers.
Vaccine distribution
According to The Washington Post, the FDA early Friday said it âwill rapidly work towardâ authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on an emergency basis, and that decision was expected by Saturday.
The Maryland Hospital Association reported that 50,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine are set to be distributed to the state next week.