The Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital, one of Maryland’s COVID-19 mass vaccination sites, will launch a pilot program to improve access to the vaccine for vulnerable communities in Baltimore, Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Monday.
“This innovative program gives us another powerful tool to reach vulnerable communities with safe and effective vaccines,” Maryland’s acting health secretary Dennis Schrader said in a statement. “This is an all-hands-on-deck undertaking, and I want to thank our partners for their commitment to ensuring equitable access to vaccines.”
The convention center, which is led by the Maryland Department of Health, University of Maryland Medical System, and Johns Hopkins Medicine, over the next several weeks will phase in a strategy to expand vaccine access to people who live in six “high vulnerability” ZIP codes in Baltimore City.
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