Detroit The city expanded COVID-19 vaccine eligibility again on Tuesday to include manufacturing workers who live or work in Detroit, but the city does not plan to offer the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine that was approved this week.
Michigan is expected to receive its largest vaccine shipment with nearly 500,000 doses arriving this week, including 82,700 doses of the Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine.
Duggan said he s not expecting the city to receive Johnson & Johnson vaccines. The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are 95% effective if you get two shots. It makes sense to get (Johnson & Johnson single doses) out to people in rural areas . to people waiting three or four hours in line.
Chief Public Health Officer Denise Fair
UAW Vice President Cindy Estrada
Deputy Mayor Conrad Mallett
Detroit Fire Fighters Association President Tom Gehart
Estrada is expected to get her vaccination at the news conference.
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The eligibility includes Detroit residents working at manufacturing plants in the city or the suburbs, as well as suburban residents employed at manufacturers located inside Detroit. (2020 Getty Images)
DETROIT – Thousands of manufacturing employees living or working in Detroit are now eligible to receive the COVID vaccine under another expansion of access announced Tuesday by Mayor Mike Duggan.
The eligibility includes Detroit residents working at manufacturing plants in the city or the suburbs, as well as suburban residents employed at manufacturers located inside Detroit.
Around 70% of those getting vaccinated at God’s Path’s event were Detroit residents, according to Turner. The rest were Turner’s patients or their family members.