Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser jointly issued a request Wednesday for federal support with vaccinating essential federal employees against COVID-19, many of whom live in the greater D.C. area.
Northam, Hogan and Bowser sent a letter to the leaders of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Emergency Management Agency seeking a dedicated allocation of COVID vaccine doses for more than 30,000 regional federal employees identified as critical personnel.
“The District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia simply do not have the resources available to support these priority vaccinations, due to the additional burden on local resources that this mission would require,” the letter says.
