COVID-19 Vaccination And Testing Clinic To Open At State Center On Saturday

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A caller COVID-19 vaccination and investigating tract volition unfastened astatine State Center connected Saturday, replacing the 1 astatine the Baltimore Convention Center, the Maryland Department of Health announced.

The code for the session is 300 W. Preston St., not acold from the State Center Metro station.

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The caller tract volition beryllium tally jointly by the wellness department, University of Maryland Medical System and Johns Hopkins Medicine.

“Our committedness to providing accessible vaccination and investigating services has ne'er been stronger, and the important enactment we person done successful this concern continues uninterrupted astatine the caller State Center site,” said Maryland Department of Health Secretary Dennis Schrader. “With vaccinations for each Marylanders 5 years aged and older present available, this tract volition beryllium an important portion of keeping Baltimore City residents protected from COVID-19.”

Since the Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital opened successful April 2020, staffers person administered much than 124,000 COVID-19 vaccinations and conducted much than 116,000 tests, the authorities wellness section said.

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From 8-11:30 a.m. Saturday, children ages 5 to 11 tin person Pfizer’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine astatine the caller tract by assignment only, portion supplies last.

After Saturday, the session volition connection escaped vaccinations connected Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and escaped tests connected Mondays, Wednesdays, and Friday from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Walk-in vaccination slots are disposable for residents property 12 and older.

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More accusation connected vaccines, including hours of cognition and appointments for children, is disposable astatine umms.org/bccvaccine. Information connected investigating appointments is disposable astatine umms.org/bccfh.

CBS Baltimore Staff