COVID-19 Vaccine Information

MARYLAND

Current phase: 2B

  • Hospital Personnel
  • Nursing Homes
  • Developmental Disability
  • Administration Group Homes
  • Assisted Living Facilities
  • Residential Rehabilitation Programs
  • EMS
  • Vaccinators
  • Testing Sites
  • Public Health
  • Urgent Care
  • Primary Care
  • Dental Practices
  • Pharmacists
  • Detention Center Staff
  • Homeless Shelter Staff
  • Fire Rescue
  • 9-1-1 Dispatchers
  • Behavioral Health Professionals
  • School Nurses
  • Lab Workers
  • Morticians/Funeral Home Staff
  • Surgical Centers
  • Other Heath Care Professionals (e.g. Outpatient Specialties, Optometrist, Physical Therapists, Pediatrists, Community Health Workers, In-home Nursing Staff)
  • Other Providers Licensed by Maryland Department of Health
  • Adult 75 years or older
  • Public transit workers
  • Education sector
  • Child care workers
  • Food and agricultural workers
  • Postal service workers
  • Grocery store workers
  • Individuals with developmental disabilities
  • Individuals experiencing homelessness
  • Individuals in detainee centers
  • Manufacturing workers
  • Adults 65-74 Years Old
  • Adults 16-64 Years Old with Medical Conditions (risks for severe COVID-19)
    • High Risk Medical Conditions Include:
      • Cancer
      • Chronis Kidney Disease
      • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
      • Heart Conditions
      • Immunocompromised State
      • Obesity/Sever Obesity
      • Pregnancy
      • Sickle Cell Disease
      • Smoking
      • Type 1, Type 1 Diabetes
      • Asthma
      • Cerebrovascular Disease
      • Cystic Fibrosis
      • Hypertension or High Blood Pressure
      • Immunocompromised Conditions
      • Dementia, ALS, Other Neurologic Issues
      • Liver Disease
      • Pulmonary Disease
      • Thalassemia
    • Essential workers not previously in 1A or 1B
    • Food service
    • Finance
    • Shelter and Housing
    • IT and Communications
    • Energy
    • Legal
    • Media
    • Public Safety
    • Public Health Workers
    • Social and Human Services
    • Transportation and Logistics Workers
    • Water and Wastewater Workers
    • Continuity of Government

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General information about COVID-19

Sign-up for appointments for residents under Phase 1 A-C

Starting January 25th, Baltimore City older adults in Priority Groups 1A and 1B and 1C without access to internet can call the Maryland Access Point at 410-396-CARE (2273) for assistance in registering for the vaccine once appointments become available.

For questions about priority groups and the vaccine: [email protected]

Currently Vaccinating: Phase 1A-C

County’s COVID-19 Information site

Vaccine request

Currently Vaccinating: Phase 1A and 1B

County’s COVID-19 Information site

COVID-19 Health Line: 410-222-7256
Line available: Monday – Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Sunday: CLOSED

Email available for information: [email protected]

Vaccine Facts and Distribution

Currently Vaccinating: Phase 1A and 1B

County Public School staff and contractors will receive appointment invites directly from AACPS (Ann Arundel County Public Schools) and should not pre-register through the Health Department.

General information about COVID-19 Vaccine

COVID-19 Pre-Registration Form for wait-list

Currently Vaccinating: Phase 1 (January-April)

PHASE 1: Healthcare Workers, Essential Personnel, & At-Risk Populations

General information about COVID-19

COVID-19 Pre-Registration Form for Vaccine

Currently Vaccinating: Currently Vaccinating: Phase 1 (Groups 1A-1C)

General information about COVID-19

COVID-19 Pre-Registration Form for Vaccine (with the county) (through medical centers)

Assistance line to complete pre-registration form: 410-222-3663

Currently Vaccinating: Phase 1A and 1B

PENNSYLVANIA

Current phase: 2

  • Long-term care facility residents
  • Health care personnel including, but not limited to:
    • Emergency medical service personnel
    • Nurses
    • Nursing assistants
    • Physicians
    • Dentists
    • Dental hygienists
    • Chiropractors
    • Therapists
    • Phlebotomists
    • Pharmacists
    • Technicians
    • Pharmacy technicians
    • Health professions students and trainees
    • Direct support professionals
    • Clinical personnel in school settings or correctional facilities
    • Contractual HCP not directly employed by the health care facility
  • Persons not directly involved in patient care but potentially exposed to infectious material that can transmit disease among or from health care personnel and patients
  • Persons ages 65 and older
  • Persons ages 16-64 with high-risk conditions:
    • Cancer
    • Chronic kidney disease
    • COPD
    • Down Syndrome
    • Heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cardiomyopathies
    • Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) from solid organ transplant or from blood or bone marrow transplant, immune deficiencies, HIV, use of corticosteroids, or use of other immune weakening medicines
    • Obesity (body mass index [BMI] of 30kg/m2 or higher but < 40 kg/m2)
    • Severe Obesity
    • Pregnancy
    • Sickle cell disease
    • Smoking
    • Type 2 diabetes mellitus

General information about COVID-19 Vaccine

COVID-19 Vaccination Appointment

Phone registration (scheduling line): 717-588-1020

Monday-Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

Second dose scheduling: 707-588-1026

VIRGINIA

Current phase: 2

  • Hospital Personnel
  • Nursing Homes
  • Developmental Disability
  • Administration Group Homes
  • Assisted Living Facilities
  • Residential Rehabilitation Programs
  • EMS
  • Vaccinators
  • Testing Sites
  • Public Health
  • Urgent Care
  • Primary Care
  • Dental Practices
  • Pharmacists
  • Detention Center Staff
  • Homeless Shelter Staff
  • Fire Rescue
  • 9-1-1 Dispatchers
  • Behavioral Health Professionals
  • School Nurses
  • Lab Workers
  • Morticians/Funeral Home Staff
  • Surgical Centers
  • Other Heath Care Professionals (e.g. Outpatient Specialties, Optometrist, Physical Therapists, Pediatrists, Community Health Workers, In-home Nursing Staff)
  • Other Providers Licensed by Maryland Department of Health
  • Hospital Personnel
  • Nursing Homes
  • Developmental Disability
  • Administration Group Homes
  • Assisted Living Facilities
  • Residential Rehabilitation Programs
  • EMS
  • Vaccinators
  • Testing Sites
  • Public Health
  • Urgent Care
  • Primary Care
  • Dental Practices
  • Pharmacists
  • Detention Center Staff
  • Homeless Shelter Staff
  • Fire Rescue
  • 9-1-1 Dispatchers
  • Behavioral Health Professionals
  • School Nurses
  • Lab Workers
  • Morticians/Funeral Home Staff
  • Surgical Centers
  • Other Heath Care Professionals (e.g. Outpatient Specialties, Optometrist, Physical Therapists, Pediatrists, Community Health Workers, In-home Nursing Staff)
  • Other Providers Licensed by Maryland Department of Health

MODERNA

94.1% effective at prevention serious illness

Type of Vaccine: mRNA

Administration Route: Intramuscular injection in the upper arm

Number of doses: 2

Day between doses: 28 days

Age groups: 18 years of age and older

Does Not Contain: Eggs, preservatives, latex

Clinical Trials Demographics Breakdown: 

Clinical trials for the Moderna vaccine included people from the following racial and ethnic categories:

  • 4% White
  • 20% Hispanic/Latinx
  • 7% African American
  • 7% Asian
  • 3% other races/ethnicities

Age and sex breakdown:

  • 6% male
  • 4% female
  • 3% 65 years and older

Most people who participated in the trials (82%) were considered to have an occupational risk of exposure, with 25.4% of them being healthcare workers.

Among people who participated in the clinical trials, 22.3% had at least one high-risk condition, which included lung disease, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, liver disease, or HIV infection. Four percent (4%) of participants had two or more high-risk conditions.

Side Effects:

  • Chills
  • Tiredness
  • Headache
  • In the arm where you got the shot: pain, swelling and redness

PFIZER-BIONTECH

95% effective at prevention serious illness

Type of Vaccine: mRNA

Administration Route: Intramuscular injection in the upper arm

Number of doses: 2

Day between doses: 21 days

Age groups: 16 years of age and older

Does Not Contain: Eggs, preservatives, latex

Clinical Trials Demographics Breakdown: 

Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials for the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine included people from the following racial and ethnic categories:

  • 9% White
  • 2% Hispanic/Latinx
  • 8% African American
  • 47% Asian
  • 3% other races/ethnicities

Age and sex breakdown:

  • 6% male
  • 4% female
  • 4% 65 years and older

The most frequent underlying medical conditions were obesity (35.1%), diabetes (8.4%), and pulmonary disease (7.8%)

Side Effects:

  • Chills
  • Tiredness
  • Headache
  • Muscle/Joint Pain
  • In the arm where you got the shot: pain, swelling and redness

JANSSEN (JOHNSON & JOHNSON)

85% effective at prevention serious illness

Type of Vaccine: Viral Vector

Administration Route: Intramuscular injection in the upper arm

Number of doses: 1

Day between doses: N/A

Age groups: 18 years of age and older

Does Not Contain: Eggs, preservatives, latex

Clinical Trials Demographics Breakdown: 

Clinical trials for the Janssen vaccine included people from eight countries.

Racial and ethnic categories of U.S. participants (44%)

  • 74% White
  • 15% Hispanic/Latinx
  • 13% African American
  • 6% Asian
  • 1% Native American

Age breakdown:

  • 34% over age 60
  • 41% had comorbidities associated with an increased risk for progression to severe COVID-19

Side Effects:

  • Chills
  • Tiredness
  • Headache
  • Muscle/Joint Pain
  • Nausea
  • Fever
  • In the arm where you got the shot: pain, swelling and redness