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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.