‘We need more vaccine’: Short supply of COVID-19 vaccine hampers vaccination efforts – WBAL TV Baltimore

VACCINE. >> FROM THE TIME WE GOT TO THE PARKING LOT, UNTIL WE GOT BACK IN OUR CAR, IT WAS LITERALLY 30 MINUTES. LOWELL: BALTIMORE COUNTY SENIOR SAM MILLER AND HER HUSBAND RECEIVE THEIR FIRST DOSE OF THE COVID 19 VACCINE AT THE TIMONIUM FAIRGROUNDS LAST WEEK. SHE SAYS WHILE THEY HAD A LITTLE ANXIETY ABOUT IT, ONCE THEY GOT TO THE FACILITY THEY WERE PUT AT EASE. >> WE CAME WITH OUR CONFIRMATION IN HAND IN OUR IDS WITH SOME TREPIDATION, NOT KNOWING WHAT WE WOULD EXPERIENCE. IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. LOWELL: AT AN AFTERNOON NEWS CONFERENCE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS SAID MILLER AND HER HUSBAND WERE AMONG THE ALMOST 60,000 PEOPLE TO BE VACCINATED BUT HEALTH OFFICER DR. GREGORY , BRANCH SAYS THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. >> WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO VACCINATE AS MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS AS WE CAN. WE NEED MORE VACCINE. LOWELL: VACCINE SUPPLY SEEMS TO VACCI.N SUPPLY SEEMS TO BE THE ISSUE NOT JUST IN BALTIMORE COUNTY BUT AROUND THE COUNTRY. RIGHT NOW BATIMORE COUNTY GETS ANYWHERE FROM 5000-8000 DOSES A WE, AND THERE ARE MORE THAN 150,000 PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR A SHOT. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS PLEDGED TO GET MORE VACCINE TO STATES IN THE COMING WEEKS ALL THE MORE REASON MILLER SAYS TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE REGISTERED FOR A SHOT. >> THE SOONER WE ALL GET VACCINATED, THE SOONER WE CAN HUG OUR GRANDCHILDREN AGAIN. WE CAN CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS. YOU CAN GO TO FOOTBALL GAMES. YOU CAN LIVE LIFE AGAIN. LOWELL: MOVING FORWARD, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS AIMING TO GIVE DIFFERENT STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY A SEVERAL WEEK HEADS UP JUST TO HOW MUCH VACCINE THEY WILL BE GETTING WEEK TO WEEK, AND THAT INFORMATION WILL BE PASSED ON TO THE INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES IN THE CITY. HEARING BALTIMORE COUNTY, THEY HAVE ALSO STARTED A NEW WEBSITE FOR VACCINE INFORMATION, YOU CAN FIND ON OUR WEBSITE, WBAL-TV.COM AND ON OUR MOBILE AP

'We need more vaccine': Short supply of COVID-19 vaccine hampers vaccination efforts

Baltimore County has vaccinated almost 60,000 people

Updated: 6:09 PM EST Jan 27, 2021

Health officials across Maryland said a short supply of the COVID-19 vaccine is hampering their efforts to get more people vaccinated.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland's latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||Baltimore County has vaccinated more people than any other Maryland jurisdiction to date, closing in on 60,000 people vaccinated.While proud by this number, health officials said they could be doing even more, but the issue is the lack of vaccine and not knowing when more will be coming.Baltimore County Health Officer Dr. Gregory Branch on Wednesday said much work remains unfinished."We can and we will ultimately win the war against our COVID enemy," Branch said. "I would really like to be able to vaccinate as many of our residents as possible. We need more vaccine."Vaccine supply seems to be the issue, not just in Baltimore County, but around the country. Baltimore County currently receives anywhere from 5,000 to 8,000 doses a week, and there are more than 150,000 people signed up to get a shot.Maryland online vaccination site locatorVaccine Data DashboardMaryland vaccination plan FAQsMeanwhile, frustrations are mounting in Annapolis from Gov. Larry Hogan, who said Tuesday: "(You) can't schedule appointments for too many people when you don't have the doses, and you don't know when you're going to get more doses, or if we're going to get more doses, or when they're opening up new factories. That's just the way the system is."President Joe Biden pledged to get more vaccine to states at all costs."We will increase overall weekly vaccination distribution to states tribes and territories from 8.6 million doses to a minimum of 10 million doses," Biden said.Baltimore County is still seeing people in the Phase 1A and 1B priority groups, and the key to getting further down the list will be getting more supply."As soon as were able to get more vaccine, we'll be able to move down the list and people will feel as if theyre getting their vaccines," Branch said.Baltimore County senior Sam Miller and her husband received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium last week."From the time we got to the parking lot until we got back in our car, it was literally 30 minutes," Miller said.Miller said that while they had a little anxiety about getting the vaccine, once they got to the facility, they were put at ease."We came with our confirmation in hand and our IDs with some trepidation, not knowing what we would experience, but it was an amazing experience," Miller said.Miller recommends everyone to make sure they register to get a shot."The sooner we all get vaccinated, the sooner we can hug her grandchildren again. We can celebrate birthdays and we can go to football games. We can live life again," Miller said.The federal government hopes to give states three weeks' notice as to how much vaccine they will get, which would then get passed on to the counties.Baltimore County published a new vaccine website with data and links to register for an appointment.

Health officials across Maryland said a short supply of the COVID-19 vaccine is hampering their efforts to get more people vaccinated.

|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland's latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||

Baltimore County has vaccinated more people than any other Maryland jurisdiction to date, closing in on 60,000 people vaccinated.

While proud by this number, health officials said they could be doing even more, but the issue is the lack of vaccine and not knowing when more will be coming.

Baltimore County Health Officer Dr. Gregory Branch on Wednesday said much work remains unfinished.

"We can and we will ultimately win the war against our COVID enemy," Branch said. "I would really like to be able to vaccinate as many of our residents as possible. We need more vaccine."

Vaccine supply seems to be the issue, not just in Baltimore County, but around the country. Baltimore County currently receives anywhere from 5,000 to 8,000 doses a week, and there are more than 150,000 people signed up to get a shot.

Meanwhile, frustrations are mounting in Annapolis from Gov. Larry Hogan, who said Tuesday: "(You) can't schedule appointments for too many people when you don't have the doses, and you don't know when you're going to get more doses, or if we're going to get more doses, or when they're opening up new factories. That's just the way the system is."

President Joe Biden pledged to get more vaccine to states at all costs.

"We will increase overall weekly vaccination distribution to states tribes and territories from 8.6 million doses to a minimum of 10 million doses," Biden said.

Baltimore County is still seeing people in the Phase 1A and 1B priority groups, and the key to getting further down the list will be getting more supply.

"As soon as were able to get more vaccine, we'll be able to move down the list and people will feel as if theyre getting their vaccines," Branch said.

Baltimore County senior Sam Miller and her husband received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium last week.

"From the time we got to the parking lot until we got back in our car, it was literally 30 minutes," Miller said.

Miller said that while they had a little anxiety about getting the vaccine, once they got to the facility, they were put at ease.

"We came with our confirmation in hand and our IDs with some trepidation, not knowing what we would experience, but it was an amazing experience," Miller said.

Miller recommends everyone to make sure they register to get a shot.

"The sooner we all get vaccinated, the sooner we can hug her grandchildren again. We can celebrate birthdays and we can go to football games. We can live life again," Miller said.

The federal government hopes to give states three weeks' notice as to how much vaccine they will get, which would then get passed on to the counties.

Baltimore County published a new vaccine website with data and links to register for an appointment.

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