Maryland threatens to withhold future vaccine allotments from hospitals slow to inoculate, Hogan says
Erin Cox, Rebecca Tan and Lola Fadulu, The Washington Post
Jan. 5, 2021
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Anna DaSilva, a medical clinic supervisor, receives her shot as Montgomery County administered 4,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine to health-care workers and first responders on Dec. 30 in Silver Spring.Washington Post photo by Bill O Leary.
Faced with a sluggish coronavirus vaccination pace, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Tuesday he will deploy the state s National Guard to hasten local health departments inoculation of medical workers, while threatening to take away unused vaccines from hospitals slow to administer them.
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December 15, 2020
Governor Larry Hogan today announced the reactivation of the Maryland National Guard to support state and local health officials in the efficient distribution of COVID-19 vaccines statewide.
“With vaccine distribution now beginning in our state, we have finally reached a turning point. We are able to see the sun rising on the horizon even if that horizon may still seem a little distant right now,” said Governor Hogan. “I want to assure the people of Maryland that we will get through this together, and that every single day, as we vaccinate more and more people and we continue to fight this virus with everything we’ve got, will bring us that much closer to victory over this deadly virus.”