Health care workers affiliated with hospitals are getting vaccination doses directly from hospitals, who get them directly from the state. Staff and residents of long term care facilities are getting them through a partnership with CVS -- CVS workers are going into the facilities and administering the doses (and this is proceeding very slowly).
As part of 1A, Montgomery County is presently offering vaccinations through clinics to health care workers who are likely to interact with patients who could be COVID positive -- urgent care, primary care, and vaccinator staff. Next up, within 1A, will be fire and rescue, police, dental practices, homeless shelter staff, physical therapists, and other licensed health providers.
The County government vaccinated about 3,700 people last week and received over 8,000 doses for this week for our own clinics (not counting what hospitals received or CVS). We don't know how many doses we will receive next week.
When the patient-facing health care sector is done, the next up will be 1B. That will be this month.
1B starts with residents over the age of 75. There are about 73,000 Montgomery County residents in this category.
Then, bus drivers and other transit workers, MCPS/school employees and child care workers.
The Governor's release says: "Based on the current pace of allocation, the state expects to fully enter Phase 1B by late January."
Then also in 1B, other front line workers such as grocery store employees, manufacturing workers.
Then, 1C, starting with adults age 65 - 74, of which there are an estimated 95,600 in Montgomery County, and continuing with a variety of job classifications and compromised health status categories.
(Maryland's priority populations and phasing for vaccinations)