MARQUETTE, MI The Marquette County Health Department this week will begin calling residents who pre-registered for a COVID vaccination to schedule an appointment.
The online and phone pre-registration system was unveiled Monday. Officials say more than 4,700 Marquette County residents have already registered.
Phone calls from the health department will start Wednesday, January 27 for appointments this Thursday, January 28. Approximately 400 slots are available. Staff will call residents based on their place on the list, using both online and phone registrations. Those who have pre-registered should pay attention for a phone call from 906-475-9977, or a similar number. Health department personnel will not leave a message but will make two attempts to contact residents. Those who miss the call will remain on the list for the next round of appointments.
AMY CLICKNER
While 2021 has certainly come in with a BANG! There is so much going on in the community and at the LSCP, I just want to highlight a few things that may be of interest to you.
First and foremost, the COVID-19 vaccines are rolling in, giving us a light at the end of the tunnel. A huge shout out to the Marquette County Health Department and all their partners working so hard to get everyone vaccinated. Certainly an unprecedented project to be accomplished.
The students are back in town! This is an important economic impact to our region and we are grateful that NMU has been a leader in how to safely accomplish this. Our local businesses will definitely feel the uptick in sales.
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The Mining Journal newsroom has received more than a handful of calls recently from local residents wondering and worrying about the COVID-19 vaccine specifically, when the essential medicine will be available here and where.
Specific answers to those apparently simple questions have proven elusive to our professional news staff: We’re told there isn’t a whole lot of the vaccine around and local officials are giving out shots as quickly as they can.
If you’re in your late 60s and prone to pneumonia, those answers aren’t providing a great deal of confort.
On Friday, Mining Journal readers learned that Marquette County Health Department Health Officer Jerry Messana said that less than 5% of the department’s vaccine supply remains in the freezer. Through its vaccine clinics for ages 65 and older, the department has been averaging 600 vaccinations per day, the Journal story detailed.
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A dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is prepared in a syringe before a second round of vaccinations were administered at Beaumont Health in Southfield on Jan. 5. (AP photo)
MARQUETTE Many questions and concerns have been raised about the COVID-19 vaccine distribution process.
While vaccine remains in short supply and could for quite some time, the majority of needles that the Marquette County Health Department does have available are going into people’s arms.
MCHD Health Officer Gerry Messana told The Mining Journal on Friday afternoon that less than 5% of the department’s vaccine supply remains in the freezer. Through its vaccine clinics for ages 65 and older, the department has been averaging 600 vaccinations per day.
MCHD announces pre-registration for COVID-19 vaccine appointments for people 65+
MARQUETTE COUNTY The Marquette County Health Department has developed a new process to make appointments for receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
Beginning Monday, January 25th, people 65 and older will have an opportunity to pre-register to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Pre-registering means that your name will go on a list for an appointment. Every week, the MCHD receives notifications from the State as to how many vaccines will be allocated to Marquette County. Once they are received, the pre-registration list will be used to call individuals and schedule vaccine appointments.
Individuals will be able to pre-register one of two ways; online, or by phone. The online portal will open at 10 a.m. ET Monday, January 25th, and will stay open until further notice. Phone lines will also open at that time, and will be staffed from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. The MCHD has significantly increased p