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Spring Quiñones was getting goosebumps, watching one person after another walk into the middle of this large classroom-turned-COVID-19 vaccine clinic, at St. Francis of Assisi church in Ann Arbor.
“Oh my god, it’s hitting me!” she laughed. Some 200 people had appointments at this March 16 pop-up clinic for Spanish-speakers. And getting it off the ground hadn’t been easy.
Over the course of two weeks in March, Washtenaw County health officials say they leaned heavily on community leaders and activists to organize a series of specialized vaccine clinics aimed at minorities.
And based on preliminary data from the county, it may have actually worked.
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Northwest Michigan Health Services to take part in COVID-19 vaccine pilot program
More than 35K doses to enhance state s vaccine equity strategy
Compiled by Scott Fraley, scott.fraley@pioneergroup.com
March 10, 2021
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A pharmacist prepares a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccination site at NYC Health + Hospitals Metropolitan, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
MANISTEE COUNTY Eligible residents in Manistee, Benzie, Mason and Ocean counties soon will have another option for a location to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Over 35,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine are awarded to 22 pilot projects in an effort to help enhance the state’s vaccine equity strategy.
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