Updated: 6:15 PM EST Jan 26, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript RESIDENTS ALIKE ARE ASKING, WHY ISN’T THIS WORKING FASTER SHOULD MARK FOR MANY CONFUSION REIGNS IN GETTING THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE. MULTIPLE REGISTRATION SYSTEMS ARE USED, DEPENDEING ON THE PROVIDER, HOSPITALS, PHARMACIES, LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY EXECUTIVE STEUART PITTMEN TODAY PUSHED FOR A MORE CENTRALIZED SIGN-UP SYSTEM. >> IT’S BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT CONFUSING TIME FOR FOLKS. THERE ARE MULTIPLE PLACES NOW TO BE ABLE TO GO TO GET VACCINATED AND DIFFERENT SITES WHERE PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP, AND WE WISH THAT WERE NOT THE CASE. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE CENTRAL PRE-REGISTRATION AND FEED PEOPLE TO THE DIFFERENT SITES. THAT’S NOT BEING ALLOWED AT THIS POINT. JAYNE: CURRENTLY IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, 100,000 PEOPLE HAVE REREGISTERED FOR THE VACCINE. -- PREREGISTER FOR THE VACCINE. BUT THE COUNTY HAS RECEIVED JUST 3000 DOSES FOR THE WEEK. SIMILARLY, IN BALTIMORE COUNTY, 130,000 PEOPLE HAVE PREREGISTERED. BUT THE COUNTY FOR THE WEEK HAS RECEIVED JUST 8000 DOSES. SUPPLY IS LIMITED NATIONWIDE. BUT STATES VARY IN HOW QUICKLY DOSES ARE BEING USED. MARYLAND RANKS NEAR THE BOTTOM OF STATES IN RATE OF DISTRIBUTION OF DOSES. CAUSING MEMBERS OF THE STATE’S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO APPLY SOME PRESSURE. IN A JOINT STATEMENT MEMBERS SAID THE STATE MUST PROVIDE MORE CLEAR, ACCESSIBLE, AND TRANSPARENT INFORMATION TO MARYLANDERS ABOUT THE VACCINE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH COUNTY AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO ENSURE THAT MARYLANDERS CAN ACCESS THE COVID-19 VACCINE IN A FAIR AND TIMELY MANNER. ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY OFFICIALS BELIEVE INCREASING ALLOCATIONS TO LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS WOULD HELP PICK UP THE PACE. >> HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ARE GOOD AT MASS VACCINATION. THAT’S WHAT WE DO AND WE ARE DOING IT. JAYNE: THE GOVERNOR ASKED WHY NOT A MORE CENTRALIZED REGISTRATION SYSTEM, HE SAID IT’S NOT THE WITH THE SYSTEM WAS SET UP. PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID THE AMOUNT OF DOSES GETTING SENT OUT TO THE STATES IS GOING TO INCREASE FROM ABOUT 8.6 MILLION A WEEK TO 10 MILLION A WEEK. AGAIN, THAT WILL BE THE DOSES OF VACCINE GOING TO THE STATES, THEN TURN GOING TO LOCAL HOSPITALS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND PHARMACIES. LIVE FROM THE STATE HEALT