Collaboration helps with COVID vaccination outreach with Black, Latino residents in Washtenaw County
Updated Apr 15, 2021;
Posted Apr 14, 2021
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks with the Rev. Larry Davis, pastor of Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church, as she visits a vaccine clinic at the EMU Convocation Center on Monday, April 12, 2021.Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
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YPSILANTI, MI Pop-up vaccination clinics are being credited by Washtenaw County leaders as a key part of combatting the disproportionately low number of Black and Latino residents getting shots.
Five pop-up vaccine clinics were done in March in areas most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 2,084 doses administered at schools, churches and community sites, 239 (11.5%) of those vaccinated were Hispanic or Latino, while 606 (29%) were Black.