January 11, 2021
Governor Gretchen Whitmer is seeking federal permission for the state to directly purchase 100,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. The governor’s office has released the following:
Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar requesting permission to directly purchase up to 100,000 doses of the safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines for the State of Michigan. Governor Whitmer also noted that since she and eight other governors sent a letter to the Trump Administration requesting that they distribute the millions of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine doses that are currently being held back, she has not received a response.