Anne Arundel County canceled the second dose vaccine clinics scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday due to “Maryland Department of Health vaccine not arriving,” the press release said.
Anne Arundel County has canceled the second dose vaccine clinics scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday due to “the Maryland Department of Health’s lack of vaccine arrival,” it said in a press release.
The county said that about 7,000 second-dose vaccines have been delayed in the past two weeks and that deliveries are expected later this week.
The delay will not affect vaccination clinics for the first doses.
Those who will be affected by the cancellation will be contacted via email or phone and scheduled for Saturday. Those who are unable to receive a second dose on Saturday will do so during a different vaccine clinic, the county said.
In a statement, a Maryland Department of Health spokesman said: “The Maryland Department of Health ordered second doses this morning – well ahead of the established ordering deadline – and doses are scheduled to arrive on Tuesday.
“A Monday / Tuesday order delivery cadence is the standard set for second doses, and local health departments have programmed their vaccination clinics accordingly in recent weeks.”
Guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that second doses of the vaccine be administered as close as possible to the recommended time. That would be three weeks after the first dose of Pfizer and four weeks for the Modern vaccine.
The CDC said vaccine recipients can receive the second dose up to 42 days after the initial dose.
Additional information about the vaccine can be found on the county’s website.
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