Vaccine clinics in Prince George’s County will now only inoculate people who live or work in the county, County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said Monday.

“We realized that we had to ensure that equity occurred,” Alsobrooks told reporters. “We realized that so many from outside our jurisdiction were taking up appointments that were intended for Prince Georgians and I want you to know we made adjustments there.”

Before Monday, the state website had allowed any Maryland resident to be inoculated in the county. Dr. Ernest Carter, the county’s director of health, said that a number of people from Montgomery County were getting vaccinated in Prince George’s.

“We have since replaced those appointments with our older seniors and those who work in our county,” Alsobrooks said. Clinics administering vaccinations will now require identification or work credentials. (Non-residents that have already received the first dose of vaccine in the county can go back to receive their second dose.)

Carter also said that part of the problem stemmed from a lack of a national distribution plan.

“If we had a national distribution plan you would be able to go into a site no matter where you lived and get vaccinated. Just like what we did with [COVID] testing,” he said, adding that a national plan would eradicate competition among jurisdictions for vaccine distribution.

Currently, the county is vaccinating those in distribution phase 1B—residents and workers who are 75 years or older. The county health department is asking residents to sign-up using the county’s personal vaccination registration website. Prince George’s is also asking senior residents to wait in their cars at vaccination clinics so they do not have to wait outside in the cold.

“What we will do is to place a number on their car and bring them inside the vaccination site when it’s their turn,” Alsobrooks said.

The county will also start a vaccination hotline next week to assist those who aren’t able to access the registration forms online.

Alsobrooks apologized for the worries about non-residents getting vaccinated in Prince George’s. “I know it caused great concern, great consternation—as it should have—and so we fixed it,” she said.