More than 43,000 of Michigan’s most vulnerable vaccinated as part of vaccine pilot program
In total, 43,797 vaccines were administered statewide as a part of the pilot. Second doses will be arriving at pilot sites over the next few weeks.
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More than 43,000 Michiganders living in communities with high Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine thanks to a pilot program coordinated by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and the Protect Michigan Commission.
In early March, MDHHS and the Protect Michigan Commission awarded 35,800 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to 22 entities across Michigan to help enhance the state s vaccine equity strategy.
Pilot program helps more than 43k vulnerable Michiganders get COVID-19 vaccine
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A medical staff prepares Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine in a vaccination site in Sarcelles, outside Paris, Sunday, April 4, 2021. Some 9,000 people are getting vaccinated at a huge stadium in Lyon during Easter weekend, and thousands more around France are spending the holiday lining up for injections elsewhere as the government tries to speed up vaccinations amid a new virus surge. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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LANSING, Mich. â More than 43,000 Michiganders living in communities with high Social Vulnerability Index have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine thanks to a pilot program coordinated by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Protect Michigan Commission.
Local pharmacy, nonprofits bring 2,500 vaccine doses to underserved Kalamazoo County neighborhoods
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There are over 785 people signed up to receive their COVID-19 vaccine in Kalamazoo s Northside neighborhood on Saturday and Sunday.
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. â As vaccinations ramp up, health officials are working hard to make sure they re available to the hardest hit communities: people of color.
There are over 785 people signed up to receive their COVID-19 vaccine in Kalamazoo s Northside neighborhood on Saturday and Sunday.
It is all made possible by a pharmacy in Portage who secured 2,500 doses that the state was working to distribute to underserved populations.
Portage, Michigan ‘proud’ to help roll out Pfizer COVID vaccine
‘Yes, people have to work around the clock’
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PORTAGE, Mich. – There’s a small town in Michigan working day and night to make a vaccine for coronavirus (COVID-19).
In Europe, trucks were rolling out of a Pfizer plant in Belgium headed to the U.K. where the first doses of the vaccine were given.
“We are proud,” Randall said.
The 1,300-acre site is Pfizer’s largest manufacturing facility, named global supply, which is fitting right now. The vaccine is expected to travel from Michigan to countries all over the globe.