ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has activated the Maryland National Guard to assist in the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. Hogan said every hospital in Maryland will have the new vaccine over the next week.
At first, the vaccine will only be available to frontline healthcare workers, long-term care residents and staff, and first responders. Hogan said vaccines will be distributed to all 227 nursing homes in Maryland within the next two weeks.
Hogan said special National Guard field teams will be deployed to assist with planning and logistical support for vaccine distribution.
Additionally, guard members will support mobile vaccination clinics and assist rapid response team in addressing outbreaks at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.
Hogan said, “Throughout the crisis, the men and women of the Maryland National Guard have stepped up to provide critical support in a wide range of areas including nursing home strike teams, building hospital surge capacity, transporting and transferring tests, PPE, and critical supplies, and even helping with the distribution of school lunches.”
He called the COVID vaccine, the “largest and most important vaccination campaign in the history of our state and our nation.”
