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UPDATED: COVID vaccine and testing clinics in Washington County for the week of Jan. 24

Julie E. Greene
The Herald-Mail

The Washington County Health Department and Meritus Health have several COVID-19 vaccination clinics scheduled for this week and they continue to have testing sites. 

The county health department has scheduled the following vaccine clinics:

  • Monday, Jan. 24: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 601 Washington Ave. in Hagerstown's West End.
  • Monday: 4:15 to 7:30 p.m. at Smithsburg Middle School, 68 N. Main St., for ages 5 to 11 only.
  • Tuesday, Jan. 25: 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Boonsboro American Legion, 710 N. Main St.
  • Wednesday, Jan. 26: 1 to 7 p.m. at the Washington County Health Department, 1302 Pennsylvania Ave., Hagerstown. UPDATE: This clinic has been changed to be for ages 5 to 11 only.
  • Thursday, Jan. 27: 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Brownsville Church of the Brethren, 1911 Rohrersville Road, south of Rohrersville.
  • Friday, Jan. 28: NEW CLINIC scheduled for 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Robert Johnson Community Center, 109 W. North Ave. in Hagerstown.
  • Friday: 4 to 7 p.m. at Clear Spring Middle School, 12628 Broadfording Road, for ages 5 to 11 only.

All three COVID-19 vaccines are available at the health department's clinics. Third doses and boosters also are available. To check your eligibility for vaccines and doses, visit the county health department's website at washcohealth.org.

Walk-ins are welcome or register to make an appointment by calling 240-313-3456 or going to the county health department's website.

For inclement weather-related closings, check the health department's Facebook page or website.

Sign for Meritus Health's COVID-19 vaccine mobile clinic

Meritus Health has scheduled mobile clinics to provide vaccines and booster shots to ages 12 and older. According to Meritus' website, the schedule for this week is:

  • Monday, Jan. 24: 9 a.m. to noon at the AC&T Travel Center, 11564 Hopewell Road, Halfway.
  • Monday: 1:30 to 4 p.m. at Brook Lane's Chapel, 13121 Brook Lane southeast of Leitersburg
  • Tuesday, Jan. 25: 9 a.m. to noon at the Boonsboro AC&T, 713 N. Main St.
  • Wednesday, Jan. 26: 9 a.m. to noon at the Hagerstown YMCA, 1100 Eastern Blvd. North
  • Wednesday: 3 to 5:30 p.m. at The Children's Doctor, 319 E. Antietam St.

Meritus also offers walk-up and by-appointment vaccinations from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays in the Robinwood Professional Center atrium, 11110 Medical Campus Road. These appointments are for ages 12 and older.

To schedule an appointment, email COVID.vaccine@meritushealth.com.

Meritus is offering walk-in vaccine clinics for children 5 and older in the atrium from noon to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, according to its website.

Registered nurse Silvia Petrick administers a COVID-19 test at the drive-thru screening center behind Meritus Medical Plaza on Crayton Boulevard just north of Hagerstown on October 28, 2021.

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COVID testing

Meritus Health continues to offer a drive-thru testing clinic from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays, according to its online testing information.

The clinic is held behind Meritus Medical Plaza at 13620 Crayton Blvd., north of Hagerstown. Because of traffic congestion, use the Showalter Road exit from Interstate 81 and turn onto Crayton Boulevard, instead of using Maugans Avenue.

The Washington County Health Department is setting up a winter COVID-19 testing site at 13 W. Lee St. for drive-thru and walk-up testing.

The health department has drive-thru and walk-up testing for COVID-19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The testing site is on Hagerstown Housing Authority property at 36 W. Lee St. That is behind Potomac Towers, but access is from Lee Street.