Demand for testing has been through the roof across the country and in metro Detroit, where many people are reporting long waits at urgent cares and limited supply of at-home testing kits at local pharmacies.
Everyday Michiganders help track down vaccines for those who want it
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While the vaccines are more widely available, can anyone who wants a shot easily get one?
Michigan first started with 84,000 vaccine doses and are now up to 5.6 million. It’s a race to vaccinate as COVID-19 continues to spread through the state.
Who has the vaccine?
Meijer is making a big impact administering 500,000 doses. 120,000 doses are scheduled for next week and 35,000 doses for the Ford Field FEMA clinic.
The city of Detroit has administered 90% of its 308,000 vaccine doses, but wants more demand.
Lee DeVito Detroit s Ford Field is now a large-scale FEMA-operated COVID-19 vaccination site through mid-May. My experience getting vaccinated here was easy. The trucks that rolled out of the Pfizer facility near Kalamazoo in December carrying the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines offered one of the first tangible symbols that this pandemic could eventually end, and like many people eager to survive it, I wanted to register to get one as soon as possible. I knew that frontline workers, the elderly, and the immunocompromised would be prioritized, and as a man in my 30s with no health conditions, I was prepared to wait a while. So I waited. Vaccination clinics started to become available through local health departments, as well as retail pharmacies like Meijer, CVS, and Rite Aid. Finally, as eligibility and availability expanded in early Marc
Virus Surge in Michigan Is a ‘Gut Punch’ to Hopes of Pandemic’s End
The U.S. has entered a disconcerting phase: Vaccines are rolling out quickly, but upticks in cases raise the prospect of a new surge.
Covid-19 vaccinations at Greater Emmanuel Institutional church in Detroit on Saturday. In Michigan’s largest city, local leaders are racing to vaccinate residents amid a rise in cases.Credit.Cydni Elledge for The New York Times
April 1, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
DETROIT In a rural stretch of Michigan along the shore of Lake Huron, coronavirus outbreaks are ripping through churches, schools and restaurants where the virus has infected line cooks and waitresses. For more than a week, ambulances have taken several hourlong trips each day to rush severely ill coronavirus patients to hospitals in Detroit, Saginaw or Port Huron, where beds in intensive-care units await.
DETROIT In a rural stretch of Michigan along the shore of Lake Huron, coronavirus outbreaks are ripping through churches, schools and restaurants where the virus has infected line cooks and waitresses. For more than a week, ambulances have taken several hourlong trips each day to rush severely ill coronavirus patients to hospitals in Detroit, Saginaw or Port Huron, where beds in intensive-care units await. Even as the pandemic appears to be.