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@uschamber Executive Communications | Formerly of @GovLarryHogan, @FoxNewsSunday, @FoxNews. | "You show them it’s about the work, it’ll be about the work."
Nov 3, 2021 17 tweets 4 min read
1) @GovLarryHogan is holding a press conference at the State House in Annapolis with state health officials and pediatric experts.

I will thread the governor’s announcements. 2) Earlier today, Maryland health officials authorized providers across the state to immediately begin scheduling appointments, holding clinics, and vaccinating 5- to 11-year-olds.

515,000 Maryland children are now eligible to receive their COVID-19 vaccine.
May 12, 2021 14 tweets 4 min read
1) @GovLarryHogan is holding a press conference at Government House in Annapolis with Secretary Dennis Schrader and Dr. Jinlene Chan from @MDHealthDept.

I will thread the governor’s announcements and new actions. 2) The governor begins with an update on the Colonial Pipeline:
-Activated statewide response Saturday and began coordinating with federal administration
-Convened meeting of Cabinet yesterday and received updates from energy and emergency planning teams
Mar 18, 2021 24 tweets 5 min read
1) @GovLarryHogan is holding a press conference at the State House in Annapolis with @MDHealthDept Sec Dennis Schrader, @MDNG General Janeen Birckhead, Dr. Howard Haft, and Adam Kane, chair of the MD Health Services Cost Review Commission. 2) The governor announces that the State of Maryland has surpassed the milestone of 2 million vaccines administered.

Maryland is vaccinating residents at a faster rate than 34 other states and has vaccinated more people than 34 other states.
Mar 9, 2021 25 tweets 5 min read
1) @GovLarryHogan is holding a press conference at the State House in Annapolis with former @cdcgov director Dr. Robert Redfield and @MDBiz Secretary Kelly Schulz.

I will thread the governor’s announcements and new actions. 2) Today the governor completed another meeting with the White House Coronavirus Task Force and his fellow governors. He also convened a meeting of his full Cabinet.
Nov 23, 2020 21 tweets 6 min read
1) @GovLarryHogan is holding a press conference at the State House in Annapolis with Baltimore Co Executive @JohnnyOJr, @BaltCoPolice Chief Melissa Hyatt, @MDSP Superintendent Col. Jerry Jones, and @RestaurantsinMD CEO Marshall Weston.

I will thread the governor’s announcements. 2) Last week, the governor led calls with county and municipal leaders across the state. Earlier today, he joined another teleconference with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force to discuss progress on Operation Warp Speed.
Aug 27, 2020 19 tweets 6 min read
1) Governor Hogan is holding a press conference at the State House in Annapolis with @MdPublicSchools Superintendent Dr. Karen Salmon and @MDHealthDept Acting Deputy Secretary Dr. Jinlene Chan.

I will thread his announcement. 2) The governor begins with a #COVID19 update. The state’s mitigation efforts have been extremely successful, and our health metrics are doing better than much of the rest of the country.
Jul 29, 2020 17 tweets 3 min read
1) Governor Hogan is holding a press conference at the State House in Annapolis.

I will thread his announcements and new actions. 2) Following the state’s science and data driven approach, and in collaboration with the Maryland Coronavirus Recovery team, we continue to closely monitor the public health metrics and spiking numbers in states across the country.
Jul 22, 2020 19 tweets 4 min read
1) Governor Hogan is holding a press conference at the State House in Annapolis. He is joined by State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Karen Salmon.

I will thread today’s updates. 2) The governor announces that while states across the nation and throughout the region have seen troubling spikes in their infection rates, Maryland’s positivity rate has continued to decline. The statewide rate is now 4.49%, an 83% decline since its peak on April 17.
Jul 15, 2020 20 tweets 6 min read
1) Governor Hogan is holding a press conference at the State House in Annapolis. He is joined by @MD_Labor Secretary Tiffany Robinson and Special Agent Derek Pickle from the U.S. Dept of Labor Office of the Inspector General.

I will thread the governor’s announcements. 2) The State of Maryland has uncovered a massive criminal enterprise involving over 47,500 fraudulent claims and totaling over $501 million. Exposing this scheme and notifying fed authorities shed light on related fraudulent criminal activity in other states.
May 27, 2020 27 tweets 5 min read
1) Governor Hogan is holding a press conference at the State House in Annapolis.

I will thread his announcements and new actions. 2) Governor Hogan: “After another 14 days of continued encouraging trends, Maryland is ready to take the additional steps to complete Stage One of our gradual, safe, and effective recovery plan.”
Apr 17, 2020 8 tweets 2 min read
UPDATE: The @MDHealthDept is now reporting 11,572 confirmed cases of #COVIDー19 in Maryland.

We have added 788 cases since yesterday.

Negative tests: 50,437
Number of deaths: 425
Number of Probable Deaths: 69
Released from isolation: 736
coronavirus.maryland.gov CASES, (DEATHS) & PROBABLE DEATHS* BY COUNTY:

Allegany: 26 (1)
AA: 966, (34) 6*
Balt City: 1,273, (38) 4*
Balt County: 1,569, (37) 7*
Calvert: 109, (2)
Caroline: 28
Carroll: 288, (25) 2*
Cecil: 127, (2)
Charles: 337, (15)
Dorchester: 20, (1)
Frederick: 525, (23) 7*
Garrett: 4
Apr 15, 2020 21 tweets 5 min read
1) Governor Hogan is holding a press conference from the state house in Annapolis. I will thread his announcements and new actions. 2) The governor is providing an update on state and regional #COVID19 case counts. MD has now passed 10,000 confirmed cases. 349 Marylanders have died, including 87 in just the past 48 hours.
Apr 10, 2020 20 tweets 5 min read
1) Governor Hogan is holding a press conference from the state house in Annapolis. I will thread his announcements and new actions. 2) STRIKE TEAMS. After his announcement earlier this week, the governor says MD strike teams have responded to 9 nursing homes across the state and 15 *group homes for medically fragile children.* Will now be sent to assisted living facilities as well.
Apr 5, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
As of this morning, the @MDHealthDept is reporting 3,609 confirmed cases of #COVIDー19 in Maryland.

We have added 484 cases since yesterday.

Negative tests: 24,728
Hospitalizations: 936 ever hospitalized
Number of deaths: 67
coronavirus.maryland.gov CASES, (DEATHS) BY COUNTY (1/2):

Allegany: 6
Anne Arundel: 319, (6)
Baltimore City: 394, (7)
Baltimore County: 590, (6)
Calvert: 39, (1)
Caroline: 4
Carroll: 142, (8)
Cecil: 36, (1)
Charles: 111, (2)
Dorchester: 1
Mar 30, 2020 9 tweets 2 min read
1) MORE INTERPRETIVE GUIDANCE on @GovLarryHogan's Stay at Home order:
governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/upl… 2) EMPLOYER DOCUMENTATION. Employers who are permitted to remain open (to any degree) under
the Order may wish to provide a letter to employees who must commute to and from work. This will help employees establish their need to travel if challenged.