Gov. Larry Hogan is doubling down on efforts to get Marylanders vaccinated for COVID-19.
The No Arm Left Behind initiatives target state agencies, private companies and seniors.
Maryland on Wednesday marked more than 4 million doses of vaccines administered. More than 55% of Maryland adults have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, including more than 82% of those 65 and older.
The state will work to reach the remaining unvaccinated seniors by contacting Medicaid recipients and hosting clinics at senior centers. Hogan also announced an executive order that would allow senior centers to reopen.
The state is partnering with large employers to ensure their workers are vaccinated. He applauded President Joe Biden s announcement of tax credits to entice businesses to give their employees paid time off to get the vaccine and recover from any side effects.
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Maryland lawmakers have adjourned their legislative session that focused largely on COVID-19 recovery, expansive police reforms and longstanding disparities that have been worsened by the pandemic.
Senate President Bill Ferguson said lawmakers prioritized responding to concerns over health, education and economics raised by the pandemic.
“I think one of the biggest lessons that we’ve seen from this pandemic is that the gaps that existed in our society the racial gaps, the wealth gaps, the foundational breakdowns of our social contract they existed before the pandemic, but they were put on wide display, on a billboard, for just how bad these gaps are,” Ferguson, a Baltimore Democrat, said.
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