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CVS Adds COVID-19 Vaccine Sites In Maryland
The COVID-19 vaccine will be available at dozens of CVS Pharmacy locations​ in Maryland. Appointments are required.
MARYLAND — CVS Health began administering COVID-19 vaccines to eligible populations at dozens more stores across Maryland over the weekend, the company announced.
CVS stores participating in the COVID-19 vaccination program are in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Garrett, Harford, Montgomery and Prince George's counties.
The company plans to add more stores and communities as supply availability increases.
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Those who meet state eligibility criteria as well as teachers, school staff and child care workers will be able to get the vaccine at CVS locations participating in the vaccination program, sourced through the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program.
People can register in advance at CVS.com or through the CVS Pharmacy app. Those without online access can call CVS Customer Service at 800-746-7287.
Find out what's happening in Towsonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Appointments are required to get the COVID-19 vaccine; walk-ins are not allowed.
As of Monday, March 15, the CVS site was showing all appointments as fully booked except one:
- Aberdeen
- Abingdon
- Annapolis
- Ashton
- Baltimore
- Beltsville
- Bethesda
- Bowie
- Brandywine
- Burtonsville
- Camp Springs
- Capitol Heights
- Chevy Chase
- Clarksville
- College Park
- Colmar Manor
- Columbia
- Derwood
- District Heights
- Dunkirk
- Easton
- Edgewood
- Eldersburg
- Elkton
- Fallston
- Forestville
- Fort Washington
- Frederick
- Fulton
- Gaithersburg
- Gambrills
- Germantown
- Glen Burnie
- Greenbelt
- Hagerstown
- Havre de Grace
- Hollywood
- Hyattsville
- La Plata
- Landover
- Landover Hills
- Lanham
- Laurel
- Leonardtown
- Millersville
- New Carrollton
- Nottingham
- Oakland
- Ocean City
- Owings Mills
- Oxon Hill
- Pasadena
- Pikesville
- Poolesville
- Reisterstown
- Riverdale
- Rockville
- Salisbury
- Seat Pleasant
- Severn
- Severna Park
- Silver Spring
- Taneytown
- Towson
- Upper Marlboro
- Waldorf
- Walkersville
- Westminster
- Wheaton
- White Plains
People were to be able to begin booking appointments for the latest allocation of COVID-19 doses Saturday, March 13, according to a statement from CVS.
"We're proud to play a part in increasing access to the vaccine to as many people as possible to enable reopening efforts in the communities we serve," said Neela Montgomery, president of CVS Pharmacy and executive vice president of CVS Health, in a statement.
CVS has been adding stores to the list of stores previously activated in Maryland for vaccine distribution. Only the Oakland location in Garrett County had any availability as of Monday afternoon.
The addresses of the stores were not listed.
"We are not providing the list of specific vaccination stores. Because locations and supply are limited, we want to prevent stores from being overwhelmed by those who may seek a vaccination without making an appointment," Amy Thibault, a spokesperson for CVS, said in a statement to Patch. "Vaccinations will be by appointment-only, and we want to encourage eligible patients to use our online scheduling tool to find a location that is convenient for them to access."
Some sites received a "very small supply of the J&J vaccine," Thibault said, explaining why CVS said 37 stores would be offering the vaccine yet 70 were listed on the website for booking a vaccination appointment.
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