The Grand Traverse County Health Department has released a letter on their mass vaccination clinics. The clinics were announced Friday and are set to start on Monday at NMC’s Hagerty Center by appointment only. The Health Department says they’ve had an estimated 23,000 people identify themselves as eligible for Phase 1-B vaccinations leading up to their first clinics. They say.
Outbreaks in nursing, assisted living homes drive Benzie County s COVID-19 deaths
Jan. 13, 2021
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Staff at The Maples Medical Care Facility get their first round of the COVID-19 vaccination. (Courtesy Photo) Show MoreShow Less
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A staff member at The Maples Medical Care Facility gets vaccinated against COVID-19. (Courtesy Photo) Show MoreShow Less
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About half of the staff at The Maples Medical Care Facility got their first round of the vaccine on Dec. 6. (Courtesy Photo) Show MoreShow Less
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BENZIE COUNTY As the number of new COVID-19 cases in Benzie County seem to be slowing down from the surge in November and December, the number of new deaths in the county have also slowed.
Munson Healthcare to Provide COVID-19 Update on Tuesday
January 11, 2021
You can view the press conference from 11-11:45 a.m. on 9&10 Plus.
Munson Healthcare Chief Medical Officer Dr. Christine Nefcy will be joined by Munson Healthcare Chief Marketing and Communications Officer and Vice President Dianne Michalek; Wendy Hirschenberger, Health Officer for Grand Traverse County Health Department; Dr. Jennifer Morse, Medical Director of District Health Department #10; Heidi Britton, CEO of Northwest Michigan Health Services; and Lisa Peacock, Health Officer of Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department and Health Department of Northwest Michigan
The six will be providing updates and taking your questions.
Excitement surrounding the vaccinations for COVID-19 reached Mason County in a tangible way Tuesday when a dozen staff members of District Health Department No. 10 in Ludington received the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine.
Anna Bateson, a public health nurse, is believed to be the first person in Mason County to receive the vaccine. She received it shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday.
âI was told (Monday) that I would be eligible to get the vaccine (Tuesday),â Bateson told the Daily News roughly an hour after she received the first of the two doses of the Pfizer vaccine. âI was a little surprised how quick it went with the vaccine clinic. It was nice to get it done before we close for the holidays.â