Anyone seeking a vaccine there can preregister on the GoVax Maryland website or by call 1-855-MD-GoVAX. To sign up online, you must create an account and verify your email first, then you can complete the preregistration process. You’ll get contacted when it’s your turn to book a vaccination appointment.
Translation and interpretation services will be available to those whose primarily language isn’t English and who are deaf or hard of hearing, FEMA says.
The site will be able to deliver up to 3,000 shots a day, FEMA says.
Although it’s open to anyone 16 and over who wants a shot, Dr. George Askew, of Prince George s County s Health and Human Services, told News4 that county residents will be given priority.
The Greenbelt Metro Station is set to open Wednesday and run through June, WTOP reported.
Prince George’s County has been among the Maryland localities hardest-hit by COVID-19.
Dr. George Askew, of Prince George s County s Health and Human Services, says county residents will be given priority although anyone even out-of-state residents can register because it s a federal site.
Some county residents complained that the state s mass vaccination site at Six Flags America favored people with means and transportation because it isn’t easily accessible by bus or Metro. This federal site in Greenbelt evens the playing field.
“They wanted to put it in a place where it could reach the folks who are facing the most significant health challenges with getting vaccinated in PG county,” Askew said.
The Laurel Elementary School food box giveaway where a mixture of school staff, city officials and city police officers distribute boxes of food free of charge is scheduled to continue through March.
wusa9.com |Dec 29, 2020
Washington, D.C. has continued to see the number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 rise, with the official 12.6% tally from DC Health on Sunday marking the highest it has been since June.
In Virginia, the average positivity rate for testing was more than 12% for the first time since May.
In Maryland, one piece of data offered some encouraging news: the average number of cases in Prince George s County has decreased over the past three weeks.
On Tuesday, official data showed the county averaging 384 new cases a day, which is down 21% from December 10.
After hearing about the numbers, Gumbs said the progress could likely be somewhat attributed to the adherence to health and safety guidelines by the public.