St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor receives COVID-19 vaccines, begins vaccinations
St. Joe’s one of four Trinity Health Michigan hospitals to receive initial doses
Meredith Bruckner, Community News Producer, All About Ann Arbor
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A healthcare worker at St. Joe s Ann Arbor holds up a sticker that says I Got Vaccinated as COVID-19 vaccinations get underway. (St. Joe s Ann Arbor)
ANN ARBOR – The first shipment of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived at four hospitals within the Mercy Health and Saint Joseph Mercy Health System on Thursday, including St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland and Mercy Health Saint Mary’s in Grand Rapids and Mercy Health Muskegon.
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital near Ann Arbor receives 975 doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
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SUPERIOR TOWNSHIP, MI Coronavirus vaccines are underway at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital near Ann Arbor.
The health system received the shipment of 975 doses of the FDA-Approved Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, Dec. 17 at its Ann Arbor-area hospital, according to a news release.
“We will continue to vaccinate as many employees as possible each week. We are confident in the safety and efficacy of the vaccine, and strongly encourage everyone ages 16 and older to be vaccinated as the vaccine becomes more widely available,” said Dr. Rosalie Tocco-Bradley, chief clinical officer at Trinity Health Michigan, he umbrella of the St. Joseph Mercy health system, in a statement.
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