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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — With COVID-19 boosters present disposable statewide, Maryland officials connected Monday launched a caller web portal to assistance residents find if they are 1 of the astir 1.4 cardinal radical successful the authorities eligible for different shot.
The questionnaire is connected the state’s main COVID-19 accusation page, covidvax.maryland.gov, nether the banner “Booster Eligibility” and asks questions astir which changeable Marylanders received and erstwhile they got their archetypal and 2nd doses oregon single-dose shot.
7) ELIGIBILITY PORTAL. To assistance Marylanders find their eligibility for a booster, we person launched a caller portal connected https://t.co/vIEad00j8I wherever you tin participate your accusation and get wide guidance. pic.twitter.com/TzpdyctILE
— Kata D. Hall (@katadhall) October 25, 2021
During a property league Monday, Gov. Larry Hogan said recipients of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines who received their 2nd dose astatine slightest six months agone are eligible if they are 65 years aged oregon older, 18 years aged oregon older and person an underlying aesculapian condition, oregon 18 years aged oregon older and enactment successful high-risk settings.
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The FDA and CDC urge each recipients of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine get a booster. Anyone who received their single-dose changeable astatine slightest 2 months agone is eligible, Hogan said.
Under authorities guidelines, Marylanders tin prime immoderate vaccine arsenic a booster shot, adjacent if it is antithetic from the vaccine they initially received.
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As of Monday, the authorities has administered 279,297 booster shots, according to information from the Maryland Department of Health.
CBS Baltimore Staff
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