How To Get Coronavirus Vaccine In Anne Arundel County

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD — Anne Arundel County launched a portal and a hotline for residents to sign up for the coronavirus vaccine. By filling out some basic information, locals can reserve their spot in line, no matter how far down the list they currently are. Everybody who still wants an immunization must head to aacounty.org/covidvax or call (410) 222-3663 on weekdays, regardless of what stage they fall into.

When residents are eligible for the shot, health officials will email them a link to make their appointment. Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman warned that this may take some time, however.

"Please be patient," Pittman said. "There are hundreds of thousands of county residents who need to be vaccinated."

Who's Currently Eligible

The vaccine rollout has five phases: 1A, 1B, 1C, 2 and 3. The following residents were part of stage 1A. Though Maryland has already opened the door to more locals, these people can still get the inoculation:

• Health care workers
• Public health employees
• Residents and staff of nursing homes
• First responders
• Judiciary employees
• Corrections staffers

The state entered phase 1B of vaccination on Monday. That enables these Marylanders to get the inoculation:

• Anybody age 75 and older
• Residents of congregate living facilities
• School staff
• Those needed for continuity of government
• Child-care providers

Maryland will begin stage 1C on Jan. 25. Residents age 65 to 74 will be eligible in that period, as will essential workers in lab services, agriculture, manufacturing and the postal service.

Gov. Larry Hogan reminded Marylanders that the state does not need to vaccinate everybody in each phase before moving onto the next. Though more people are eligible now, Anne Arundel is still catching up on priority groups.

"Due to limited vaccine supplies, we are first scheduling appointments for Phase 1A & those age 75+," the Anne Arundel County Department of Health said in a Thursday email.

For more information on Anne Arundel County's plan, click here. To catch up on the latest coronavirus infection and vaccination trends in the county, read Patch's latest update.

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