Community organizations work to bring vaccine to underserved groups in Kent County
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
Posted Mar 15, 2021
A CVS pharmacist prepares the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a Samaritas senior living facility on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 in Grand Rapids. (Hope Davison | MLive.com)Hope Davison
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI A vaccine clinic Tuesday targeting African refugee and immigrant populations is a recent example of how Kent County health officials, and their community partners, are reaching out to vaccinate underserved and sometimes overlooked communities.
“When we started receiving vaccine, we realized that the larger clinics were not for everybody,” said Brian Hartl, an epidemiologist with the Kent County Health Department.