Want a vaccine appointment in Michigan? Here s how
Eligibility and availability are increasing for the three federally approved COVID-19 vaccines, and so are the places where Michiganians can register to get a shot.
Michigan said Friday it s expanding vaccination eligibility to all Michiganians 16 and older starting April 5. Also Friday, the Biden administration announced Friday that Detroit s Ford Field will host a federally run mass vaccination site starting March 24, with the capability to vaccinate 6,000 people a day.
Starting March 22, Monday, residents or individuals who are ages 50 and above will be eligible to get vaccines.
Michigan had vaccinated more than 1 million residents through March 10, covering 12.5% of the state population, according to state data.
9,000 newly eligible Washtenaw County residents waiting for COVID vaccination appointments
Updated Mar 12, 2021;
Posted Mar 12, 2021
Kathy Hunscher, left, and David, center, wait the 15 required minutes after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at the vaccination clinic at Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center in Ypsilanti on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. This area was reserved for patients who could not walk as far. “After all this time, it’s a relief,” said Kathy.Alie Skowronski | The Ann Arbor News
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WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI The Washtenaw County Health Department has received an additional 10,000 requests for vaccination appointments since Monday, March 8 about 9,000 of which are from residents who recently became eligible, officials said.
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This week marked one year since Michigan’s first coronavirus cases were confirmed. It’s hard to believe that much time has passed. Remember when people thought life would only be interrupted for a month or two?
Here in Ann Arbor, Michigan Medicine began treating patients right as cases were detected. One of those first cases was Paul DeWyse U-M’s first official COVID patient. In a recent interview with the health system, he recalls turning on the TV in his isolation room and seeing news reporters gathered outside the hospital talking about his case. He said he is grateful to be alive, having received a double lung transplant in 2018. Watch that interview here.
Ann Arbor administrator ‘really frustrated’ with slow vaccine rollout for city workers
Updated Mar 10, 2021;
Posted Mar 10, 2021
Physician Ann Oldendorf, left, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to teacher Amanda Harper during the vaccination clinic at Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center in Ypsilanti on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. Harper teaches at Greenhills School, and her son attends school at Ann Arbor Public Schools. (Alie Skowronski/mlive.com)Alie Skowronski | The Ann Arbor News
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ANN ARBOR, MI Hundreds of city government workers in Ann Arbor still haven’t been vaccinated and City Administrator Tom Crawford isn’t happy about the slow rollout.
“I’m really frustrated with the vaccination process,” Crawford told Mayor Christopher Taylor and City Council members during a committee meeting Tuesday, March 9.
Northwest Michigan Health Services to take part in COVID-19 vaccine pilot program
More than 35K doses to enhance state s vaccine equity strategy
Compiled by Scott Fraley, scott.fraley@pioneergroup.com
March 10, 2021
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A pharmacist prepares a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccination site at NYC Health + Hospitals Metropolitan, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
MANISTEE COUNTY Eligible residents in Manistee, Benzie, Mason and Ocean counties soon will have another option for a location to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Over 35,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine are awarded to 22 pilot projects in an effort to help enhance the state’s vaccine equity strategy.