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MARQUETTE Michigan health officials on Wednesday urged primary care doctors to become COVID-19 vaccine providers.
In a Wednesday news conference, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun said officials want to ensure broad access to vaccines in “trusted places” such as offices of individual doctors, pediatricians and family physicians; school clinics; federally qualified health centers; and pharmacies.
“I’m asking every primary care doctor to enroll as a vaccine provider,” Khaldun said. “The most important thing we can do right now is to make vaccines available for whenever someone is ready. We know that patients trust their doctors, and when they’re ready to get vaccinated, we want you to have vaccines on hand.”