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Genesee County getting big boost in COVID-19 vaccines this week, 7 outreach clinics planned Updated Feb 22, 2021; Posted Feb 22, 2021 Registered Nurse Hailey Allen changes gloves while testing patients for coronavirus (COVID-19) at the Mercy Health Saint Mary's drive-through testing center in Grand Rapids on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Patients must have a doctor's order to receive a test. Mercy Health also offers a testing site in Muskegon. (Cory Morse | MLive.com) Cory Morse | MLive.com Facebook Share GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- The county Health Department is expected to get its largest allotmen...

Health officials suspect wrestling events may have sparked COVID-19 outbreak at LakeVille High School Updated Feb 18, 2021; Facebook Share GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- County health officials suspect an outbreak of COVID-19 cases that has shut down in-person classes at LakeVille High School was sparked by a non-school sanctioned, out-of-state wrestling tournament. Medical Health Officer Dr. Pamela Hackert told members of the county Board of Health Wednesday, Feb. 17, that officials are also concerned that the cases could be the result of a more contagious coronavirus variant because so many of the ...

Plans in works to use Flint Bishop Airport as mega COVID-19 vaccination site Updated Feb 15, 2021; Facebook Share FLINT, MI -- Genesee County and Bishop Airport officials are making plans to create large-scale, drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinics at the airport as quickly as additional vaccine doses can be secured. The county Board of Commissioners could give a memorandum of agreement, laying the groundwork for the clinics, preliminary approval during a committee meeting Wednesday, Feb. 17. The “tentative plan (is) to be able to do a large drive-through clinic when the supply of vaccin...

Plans For Flint’s Bishop Airport To Be COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Plans are underway to make Flint's Bishop International Airport a large-scale, drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic. According to Mlive,  Genesee County and Bishop Airport official are looking for approval by the county Board of Commissioners at the upcoming meeting on Wednesday, February 17th. If a memorandum of agreement is given, the clinic at the airport could be up and running as soon as vaccine doses can be secured. “We do not have knowledge of a specific time frame for a vaccine increase but are taking these step...

McLaren Flint holding free webinar to answer questions on COVID-19, vaccine roll-out Updated Feb 11, 2021; Posted Feb 09, 2021 Ravinder Singala, a physican and UM-Flint graduate, receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 at McLaren Flint Hospital in Flint. Singala was one of the first five frontline workers at the hospital to receive the vaccine. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May | Mlive.com Facebook Share FLINT, MI — McLaren Flint and McLaren Health Plan are teaming up to offer a free webinar to the community to answer questions about COVID-19 and the vaccine roll-o...