Howard County Health Department Weekly Update on COVID-19

如何获得新冠病毒 (COVID-19)疫苗的接种

哈维郡卫生局目前没有网上“一站式” 新冠疫苗注册

1. 马里兰州大规模新冠疫苗接种诊所

查找马里兰州新冠疫苗接种诊所，请访问 covidvax.maryland.gov。如果您属于当前的优先接种组，请联系此网站上所列的接种诊所，以便安排接种预约。您也可以拔打电话 1-855-MDGOVAX(1-855-634-6829）寻求帮助. 任何一位符合当前优先接种条件的马州居民，只要能拿到预约位置，并且您的健康状况不受疫苗管理条款的限制，都能完成接种。

2.哈维郡卫生局新冠疫苗接种诊所

哈维郡卫生局按照从马里兰州卫生局分配到的新冠疫苗数量来安排诊所和疫苗接种。哈维郡的所有居民，无论你属于哪个优先接种组，如果您希望接种疫苗，首先都必须先填写郡卫生局关于「对接种疫苗感兴趣」的调查表，完成此调查表相当于完成了一个预先注册, 请注意，完成此调查表并不等于您完成了疫苗接种的预约。填写此表只是告诉我们，在有疫苗和预约位置时，您愿意接受疫苗接种。请访问 www.hchealth.org 并完成「对接种疫苗感兴趣」的调查表。请点击调查表

如果由于某种原因, 您无法在哈维郡卫生局网站上完成关于「对接种疫苗感兴趣」的调查表，请您拔打电话410-313-6284，请注意，由于目前寻求帮助的电话数量较多，等候的时间可能会比较长。

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哈维郡卫生局新冠疫苗接种注意事项

预约接种疫苗时的注意事项

必须预约才能接种疫苗。目前不接受任何无预约接种。
如果有需要，您在接种疫苗时可以有一人陪同。陪同人员如果没有自己的预约将无法接种疫苗。
前来接种时有可能在室内或室外排队等候。请穿着适当衣物，并准备好应对恶劣天气的可能性。
疫苗将接种在上臂的三角肌，建议穿着可以轻松穿脱的宽松衣物。
接种点将设置在开放的大空间中进行。可能会有噪音，并且可能会有其他活动同时进行。
在前往接种点前，请确保携带的设备例如手机或平板电脑有充分的电量。您将需要使用手机或电脑在接种点进行第二次接种预约。
接种点设有停车场，请遵从指示牌和交通指引。
请准备随身携带辅助行走设备（例如助行器，拐杖等）。接种点提供有限的轮椅，但是建议您自己携带轮椅。
如果您感到不适，请不要来接种点接种疫苗。请立即与您的医生联系。

到达疫苗接种点的注意事项

请准时到达接种点，提前到达时间不得多于15分钟。这样可以有效防止排队等待。
如果您是在特定接种点预约接种的指定团体成员，必须提供资格和身份证明才能接种疫苗。
如果您有预约，并且属于特定接种点的指定团体，不会因为排队等候而被拒绝。
如果您不是特定接种点的指定团体的人, 您将不能接种疫苗。
在接种点必须全程佩戴正规口罩。不允许使用围脖口罩。例外情况包括：因残疾或医疗状况，佩戴口罩会导致身体健康不安全；或者因听力障碍或其他残疾，佩戴口罩会导致无法正常交流。
接种点设有洗手间，但是可能距离接种点或等候区有一段距离。

哈维社区大学 Howard Community College

从Hickory Ridge Road到HCC体育中心的入口将关闭。所有人员必须从 Little Patuxent Parkway 进入，请遵从指示牌和志愿者的指引。
接种点所在建筑物旁设有无障碍停车位。需要者请携带助行器，拐杖或其他行走辅助设备，以帮助您通过停车位置和接种诊室之间的距离。现场提供数量有限的轮椅，可向接种点工作人员提出使用要求。
接种点的工作人员将在现场提供向导和协助，帮助您到达接种诊室。
如果出于健康原因而无法进入接种诊室，您可以在车内接受疫苗接种。请在到达时向工作人员寻求帮助。

哈维郡卫生局 Ascend One 大楼

接种点位于Ascend One大楼的背面。
接种点所在建筑物旁设有无障碍停车位。需要者请携带助行器，拐杖或其他行走辅助设备，以协助您顺利通过从停车位置到接种诊室之间的这段距离。

疫苗接种后注意事项

我们要求每个人在疫苗接种后必须在留观室停留15-30分钟以进行观察，以确保接种人员没有意外发生 。
您的第二次疫苗接种预约将在离开接种点前完成。您将会在观察室找到第二次疫苗接种预约指南，如果需要帮助，请询问接种点的工作人员。
至关重要的是，您必须接种两次疫苗才能确保疫苗抵抗新冠病毒的完全保护。我们要求您尽一切努力在指定的时间接受第二次疫苗接种。如果由于某种原因您不能按时接受第二次接种，请致电410-313-6284或发送电子邮件至hocovaccine@howardcountymd.gov与我们联系。
请保管好您的疫苗接种卡，第二次疫苗接种时请随身携带。
请考虑注册国立疾病控制和预防中心的《V-Safe疫苗接种后健康检查》https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/vsafe.html
如果您在接种疫苗后有医疗问题或疑虑，请与您的家庭医生或内科医生联系。

如果您需要提供便利和帮助，可以在填写疫苗申请调查表提出，请致电MAP 热线410-313-1234 (voice/relay).

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The Howard County Health Department wants to keep you informed and updated during these quickly evolving times. Here you can find the most recent coronavirus health messaging, behavioral health information, and county resources and information.

HCHD Coronavirus Website

Visit the Howard County Health Department Coronavirus website for the most up-to-date COVID-19 information. We provide frequent updates to the COVID-19 Dashboard and Vaccine information to make it easier for residents to monitor the most important information impacting our community.

Coronavirus Messaging

From Howard County As of 9:00 am on February 24, 2021, Howard County has recorded 15,653 cases of COVID-19. The Positivity Rate has dropped to 3.9% while the Cases per 100K has decreased to 11.9. While these numbers trending in the right direction, we must continue our vigilance and discipline in adhering to wearing facial coverings, physically distancing, hand hygiene, and avoiding large gatherings to remain safe.
There are other metrics of interest on the Coronavirus Dashboard which include the number of vaccinations given to date as well as other metrics.
Visit the Coronavirus Dashboard HERE.

Please read the newest Community Letter from Health Officer Dr. Maura Rossman HERE.

COVID-19 Vaccine: Second Dose Clinic Auto-Notification from State PrepMod System

Recently, some individuals received an automated notification from Maryland’s statewide COVID vaccine registration site, known as PrepMod. This notification was sent to Howard County residents with vaccine appointments, but it was not authorized or sent by the Howard County Health Department. The notification suggested that you make a second-dose vaccine appointment at a location in Baltimore City. However, this notification was sent in error. A glitch in the state system triggered the message, which was inaccurate for Howard County residents planning to book their second-dose appointments.
IF YOU RECEIVED YOUR FIRST DOSE FROM US (either at HCHD or at Howard Community College), YOU WILL ALSO RECEIVE YOUR SECOND DOSE IN HOWARD COUNTY. You may disregard the message from PrepMod. Our team is working to schedule second doses, and will contact you directly as follows:

–SCHEDULED CLINICS WITH APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE will be sent by Howard County Health Department (from an email ending in @howardcountymd.gov)
–APPOINTMENT CONFIRMATIONS / REMINDERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS will be sent by PrepMod (from no-reply@multistatep4p.com)

If you received an email notification indicating a need to schedule a second dose appointment from no-reply@multistatep4p.com, please disregard it. If you have not yet scheduled your second dose, a member of our team will be in touch shortly. If you have already scheduled your second dose appointment, your appointment did not change. You may receive CONFIRMATION emails from PrepMod, but you will never receive notifications of upcoming clinics through the state PrepMod system.
We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work with our State partners to resolve these issues, and we look forward to seeing you in a clinic soon.

Vaccine Available Doses

The Health Department received 1,700 doses of vaccine this week as part of our monthly projected allotment. This allocation, which is less than our January average of about 3,000 per week, and our high of 4,500 in a week, represents the State’s continued transition from local health departments vaccinating their communities to regional State-run mass vax clinics, retail pharmacies, and hospital operating clinics.
Everyone eligible for vaccine in Phase 1A, 1B, or 1C is encouraged to monitor the State Vaccine Website for other area clinics where the vaccine may be more immediately available: covidvax.maryland.gov.

The Howard County Health Department also has opened vaccine interest surveys on our COVID-19 Vaccination page for all populations who want to receive vaccines.
If you fall into any of these groups and have not yet completed a vaccine interest survey, please take a look below and complete the one for the group into which you (or a family member) fall.

– Howard County Residents age 75 and older interested in receiving the vaccine: Click here to fill out our survey.
– Howard County Residents ages 65-74 interested in receiving the vaccine: Click here to fill out our survey.

– Howard County licensed childcare workers & non-public school educators and those in higher education interested in receiving the vaccine:
Click here to fill out our survey.

– Howard County healthcare providers who still have not received the vaccine but wish to do so should Click here to complete our survey.

– Howard County adults with developmental disabilities (The intent of this group is to vaccinate persons with significant disabilities requiring support to live outside a congregant facility.) interested in receiving vaccines can complete our survey here.

– All others in Phase 1C who are interested in receiving the vaccine: Click here to complete our survey.

– Those individuals in Phase 2 and Phase 3 also have pre-registration questionnaires available so that the Health Department will have your information once we are able to move into these Phases.

– Phase 2 Survey – Click HERE

– Phase 3 Survey – Click HERE

**Note: You WILL NOT receive an appointment after completing the survey. You will be emailed in the future with information about clinics as they become available based on vaccine availability** Please be patient, as we continue to have challenges with the lack of vaccine.

Have a vaccine appointment with the Health Department and worried about the weather?

If a vaccine clinic must be rescheduled due to weather, you will receive an email notification to the account used to make your appointment. This email will include information about when your appointment will be rescheduled. All appointments will be rescheduled in a timely manner.
The Howard County Health Department receives its vaccine prioritization guidance from the Maryland Department of Health. Information about the State phased vaccine distribution plan is available here: https://covidlink.maryland.gov/content/vaccine/

CDC Mask Guidance

Last week, the CDC updated its mask guidance. Make sure you’re wearing your mask properly to provide the best protection for yourself and those around you. Updated CDC Mask Guidance.
– Make sure your mask fits snugly against your face. Gaps can let air with respiratory droplets leak in and out around the edges of the mask. Consider a mask with a nose wire, or add a mask fitter or brace.
–Pick a mask with layers to keep your respiratory droplets in and others out. A mask with layers will stop more respiratory droplets from getting inside your mask or escaping from your mask if you are sick. Consider layering a cloth mask over a disposable mask.
– Do not combine two disposable masks or layer atop a KN95 mask. Disposable masks are not designed to fit tightly and wearing more than one with not improve fit. Use only one KN95 mask at a time.

Behavioral Health Information

Are all of this vaccine searching and decision-making becoming overwhelming and stressful? Check out our new video created with the help of our Behavioral Health Bureau. https://youtu.be/u1ywdpN10wE
For information about behavioral health, resources go to www.howardcountymd.gov/gethelp or call 410-313-6202.

Additional Information & Resources

COVID-19 ASL Video Series from the CDC: Watch Here.
The most updated information from the Howard County Government can be on the new StayCOVIDSafe page. Take a look at https://www.howardcountymd.gov/Departments/COVID-19-Coronavirus-Countywide-Updates

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