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City of Detroit Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan got vaccinated for COVID-19 at a televised news conference as part of a campaign to build trust in the states Black communities. When Zack Taylor heard about the coronavirus vaccine coming to Michigan, the 22-year-old Detroit hip-hop artist responded with an indifferent shrug. COVID-19 claimed the life of his a...

After the Rev. Charles Williams II got his first dose last month of the COVID-19 vaccine, some in his congregation at Historic King Solomon Baptist Church of Detroit were skeptical. "People couldnt believe that I took it," said Williams, a civil rights advocate who leads the Michigan branch of the National Action Network. "They thought something is going to happen to me. ... A lot of folks are still concerned." Some in his predominantly-Black church where Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. on...

Detroit — Mayor Mike Duggan announced Thursday the city will be expanding access to the COVID-19 vaccine to the most vulnerable - seniors and people who are homeless - and repurposing the TCF Center garage as a public vaccination site. Starting Monday, the city will begin scheduling 20,000 appointments for seniors at the TCF Center garage over the next four weeks, based on the supply of vaccines from the state, Duggan said. The citys expansion follows Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s announcement...

Mayor Duggan and other Detroit Leaders take COVID-19 vaccine DETROIT. - On Tuesday, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan was leading by example.  "Here is the first thing someone says to me, are you going to take it first?" Mayor Duggan said. "You get to a point where words dont matter, actions do." Mayor Duggan and other Detroit Leaders take COVID-19 vaccine Mayor Duggan and other Detroit Leaders take COVID-19 vaccine Mayor Duggan was one of the key city leaders who lined up to receive their COVID-19 va...

Duggan gets COVID vaccine as city prepares doses for municipal workers Mayor gets first dose in effort to encourage vaccination Duggan says fed cuts to vaccine shipments "very frustrating" Screenshot Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said Tuesday he has no plans to mandate city workers receive the newly released vaccines for COVID-19, but stressed the importance of it by getting injected himself. Duggan received his first dose o...

Detroits front-line workers to receive first COVID-19 vaccines Detroit — The citys first responders and front-line workers will be the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccines starting Wednesday, Mayor Mike Duggan said. The city, in partnership with Henry Ford Health System, will be deploying the first round of Moderna vaccines this week prioritizing 1,200 medical first responders and emergency technicians who work for the Detroit Fire Department, Duggan announced Tuesday. "Our health care w...

Mayor Duggan gets COVID-19 vaccine shot, outlines Detroits deployment plan Amy Huschka and Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press © Antranik Tavitian, Detroit Free Press Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan receives the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer at the Detroit Public Safety Headquarters on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in Detroit. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has gotten his first shot of vaccine against COVID-19. Duggan, without even a wince, took the first of two needles for the vaccine live du...

Mayor Duggan receives COVID-19 vaccine, outlines citys deployment plan Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan received a COVID-19 vaccine and outlined the citys vaccine deployment plan in a press conference Tuesday. The city received its first doses of the Moderna vaccine on Monday. The plan includes vaccinations for frontline health department staff, fire/EMS personnel, home health workers, nursing homes and assisted living facilities. and last updated 2020-12-23 08:08:38-05 DETROIT (WXYZ) — Detroit ...

Share December 13, 2020, 6:38 PM The writer, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved. By Eric Starkman In the six months I’ve been writing damning stories about Beaumont Health CEO John Fox and his despicable deputies COO Carolyn Wilson, chief medical officer David Wood Jr., CFO John Kerndl and chief bill collector Denise Waters, a question has been nagging: How is it that I know nothing about the CEO of rival Henr...

3-week pause’: Michigan announces stricter COVID rules: What to know New restrictions in effect from Wednesday (Nov. 18) through Dec. 8 Published:  Updated:  Tags:  LANSING, Mich. – Michigan officials have announced stricter COVID-19 regulations involving restaurants, bars, high schools, colleges, in-person working and more. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services issued the restrictions Sunday evening, and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer held a press briefing to make the an...