Free Vaccine Clinics For Anne Arundel 7th-Graders

From AACDH: The Anne Arundel County Department of Health will provide free Tdap and meningococcal vaccine clinics on August 10 and August 17 to help all students entering the seventh grade meet some Maryland State requirements for the 2018-2019 school year. All students are required to have had one Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis/whooping cough) vaccination and one MCV4 (meningococcal) vaccination upon entering the seventh grade.

The free walk-in clinics will be held at the following locations and times:

• Health Services Building, 3 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis, MD 21401
o Friday, August 17, 8:30 a.m. - noon and 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

• Glen Burnie Health Center, 416 A Street, S.W., Glen Burnie, MD 21061
o Friday, August 10, 8:30 a.m. - noon and 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Parents should bring their child's immunization records to the clinics. The Tdap and MCV4 vaccination requirements are in addition to other school vaccine requirements. To be allowed in school, students must be immunized.

For more information about the vaccination clinics and requirements, contact your school nurse, call the department’s Immunizations Line at 410-222-4896 or visit www.aahealth.org.

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