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MARQUETTE It is anticipated that UP Health System-Marquette will receive the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines by next week, said Dr. Robert Lorinser, medical director of the Marquette County Health Department, Dickinson-Iron District Health Department, Western Upper Peninsula Health Department and Public Health, Delta & Menominee Counties.
“As soon as it’s here, we’re ready to go,” Lorinser said.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services indicated it has set an initial operational goal of vaccinating 70% of individuals age 16 or older, or about 5.6 million people, for COVID-19 by the end of 2021.
Frontline health care workers at two Michigan hospitals on Monday were the first people in the state to receive the COVID-19 vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration as well as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.