Michigan nears first reopening benchmark with 54% of residents vaccinated
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Tabin Richardson, 24, receives the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Kalamazoo Expo Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Wednesday, May 5, 2021. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com)Joel Bissell | MLive.com
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LANSING, MI – Michigan health officials said Friday night that 54% of residents age 16 and older have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
This 2.5% increase reported by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services includes vaccinations administered to residents both in-state and out-of-state.
Nearly 227,000 residents were added to the total count, putting Michigan near the first benchmark for reopening. Under the Vacc to Normal plan, two weeks after 55% of residents have received their first dose, the state will allow in-person work.
Michigan s COVID-19 vaccination jumps to 54%, including residents outside of state
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A medical staff prepares Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine in a vaccination site in Sarcelles, outside Paris, Sunday, April 4, 2021. Some 9,000 people are getting vaccinated at a huge stadium in Lyon during Easter weekend, and thousands more around France are spending the holiday lining up for injections elsewhere as the government tries to speed up vaccinations amid a new virus surge. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Posted at 8:12 AM, May 08, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-08 08:12:50-04
(AP) â Michigan said late Friday that 54% of adults ages 16 and up have gotten at least one COVID-19 shot, a roughly 2.5 percentage point jump after factoring in people who were vaccinated outside the state or at federal facilities.
“By getting shots in their arms as soon as possible, Michiganders can protect themselves, their families and their communities and help end this pandemic as quickly as possible,” she said in a statement.
Nearly 4.4 million Michiganders, 53.9%, ages 16 and older have received one dose. That is higher than 51.5% shown on the state’s regular vaccine dashboard Friday.
The state health department urged people who were vaccinated in another state to bring their card to their next doctor’s appointment or to their local health department, so their immunization information is updated in the Michigan Care Improvement Registry.
Whitmer, a Democrat, unveiled a plan more than a week ago to tie the lifting of coronavirus restrictions to the vaccination rate.
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State and national health officials earlier this week raised an ominous warning that vaccination rates for young children against illnesses such as measles, mumps, pertussis, chickenpox and more had dangerously dropped in many states, including Michigan, as parents postponed well-child visits due to the COVID-19 threat.
Vaccination rates for Michigan children ages 19 to 36 months have fallen below 70% in more than half of the state, or 42 of 83 counties, according to February data from the Michigan Care Improvement Registry. In six Michigan counties including Iron County in the Upper Peninsula and the City of Detroit, the rate has dropped below 60%.