Ford Field is a federally selected regional mass vaccination site where 6,000 doses a day will be administered for two months.
Efforts in Detroit, which is about 80% Black, mirror other parts of the country where African Americans have been more hesitant than whites to get vaccinated for the virus.
“We’re going to knock on every residential door in the city, making sure every Detroiter knows how to make an appointment,” Victoria Kovari, an executive assistant to Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, told The Detroit News.
The initial outreach is expected to last six to seven weeks. Workers will go to some of the poorer parts of the city two or three times by mid-September.
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Amid a spike in infections and hospitalizations, the city is partnering with the school district and the Islamic Center of Detroit to distribute the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Detroit will administer the one-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine at several neighborhood locations next week. Eight sites including Henry Ford High School, Brenda Scott Academy, Randolph Career and Technical Education School, Western High School, Breithaupt Career Center, East English Village Preparatory Academy and Cass Tech High School will be open for one day of inoculations.
“We are creating more access for Detroiters across the city, bringing eight new locations online next week in partnership with DPSCD and the Islamic Center of Detroit,” says Chief Public Health Officer Denise Fair, as the city is adding the sites through community partnerships to stop the spread.
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Mayor Mike Duggan announced eight new vaccination sites in Detroit neighborhoods Monday, part of the city s effort to vaccinate more Detroiters where they are as Michigan struggles with a new surge in coronavirus cases.
The sites will vary by day and by council district next week, with one or two sites open at a time from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 12-16. Each site will offer the Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine.
Appointments can be made by calling (313) 230-0505.
The new sites will be operated in partnership with the Detroit Public Schools Community District and the Islamic Center of Detroit.