Michigan is now in Phase 1B for COVID-19 vaccinations.
This means people 65 and older and essential frontline workers are eligible to get the vaccine.
For now, those in the latter group are being asked to go through their county Health Department.
Aspirus is helping vaccinate those in the 65 and older group.
Jessica Bessner is the Aspirus Regional Director of Pharmacy for the Upper Peninsula.
She says for right now the waitlist is open for people in live in Upper Peninsula Counties where an Aspirus Hospital or clinic is located.
“We understand we cross several counties, and we may cross a little bit of a state line in some of our bordering towns so we’re able to serve our patients if they seek care at our facilities, would be able to serve them but we don’t want this to be a county shopping type of a process,” Bessner.
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MARQUETTE The Marquette County Health Department announced on Thursday that through contact tracing it learned of a potential public COVID-19 exposure site at the Canale-Tonella Funeral Home.
The funeral home is located at 526 N. Third St. in Marquette.
MCHD recommends anyone who visited the funeral home from 3 to 7 p.m. Dec. 30 monitor themselves for COVID-19 symptoms and contact their medical providers if they become symptomatic.
Another community exposure occurred at St. Peter Cathedral, 311 W. Baraga Ave., Marquette. MCHD recommends anyone who visited the cathedral from 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 31 monitor themselves for symptoms and contact their medical providers if they become symptomatic.