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Maryland Health Official Addresses Rising COVID Case Rate

March 31st, 2021 by WCBC Radio

Appearing before the Senate Vaccine Oversight Workgroup this week, Maryland’s acting secretary of health described the rising COVID-19 case rate and the rate of vaccination as a “race against time."  Secretary Dennis Schrader reported that the state has given more than 2.6 million shots so far, but the focus remains on getting those shots into the right people and as quickly as possible…

 

More doses of COVID-19 vaccine are coming to Maryland this week, as Johnson & Johnson ramps up production. Schrader says that that among all three vaccines, the state expects in April to get a total of 450,000 doses per week, which bumps up to 500,000 plus in May…