UMB Partners With Program Vaccinate Native Americans

Baltimore MD

23 April, 2021

1:08 PM

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Press release from UMB: April 23, 2021 Native Americans living in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia can now receive a COVID-19 vaccine at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Vaccination Clinic, 601 W. Lombard St, Baltimore. Leaders and community members of Native American ancestry are receiving their COVID-19 vaccine at UMB to help ensure vaccine equity in the American Indian community that has the highest COVID-19 mortality rate compared to other ethnicities. In an effort to reach more than 65,000 Native Americans who live in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan region that might not have access to health care, including tribal health programs, the Indian Health Service is providing COVID-19 vaccine doses to the UMB Vaccination Clinic exclusively for Native Americans, tribal employees and Indian agency employees. The broad inclusion doesn't limit to federally recognized and state recognized tribes, allowing large tribes like the Lumbee in Baltimore to participate. This is the only clinic in the region with an exclusive availability for Native Americans thanks to a partnership between UMB, the Indian Health Service and Native American LifeLines of Baltimore. The Native American community can schedule their vaccination at UMB by visiting GetTheVaccineBaltimore.org. The clinic is open from 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. from Thursdays through Saturdays, and Wednesdays as needed. Residents without internet access can call 410-396-2273. This press release was produced by UMB. The views expressed here are the author's own.