April 8, 2021
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has announced a new state partnership with colleges and universities to help provide COVID-19 vaccinations to residents. The department has released the following:
With all Michiganders eligible to receive one of the three safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is continuing its efforts to equitability distribute and increase vaccine accessibility. This now includes vaccine allocation to universities and colleges and expanded mobile sites in communities across the state.
“Vaccinations are the best tool we have to fight COVID-19 and end this pandemic,” said Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, MDHHS chief medical executive and chief deputy for health. “We are committed to making vaccine accessibility simple and equitable, which is why we are mobilizing efforts to bring vaccines to college students, and to those who are most vulnerable or do not have a
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In this photo from January, Yvonne Gibbs, 72, receives the COVID-19 vaccine at the TCF Center in Detroit. Michigan is confronting an alarming spike in coronavirus cases. Carlos Osorio/AP
If you look at a heat map for cases of COVID-19 in the United States, Michigan stands out. Its alarming spike in cases has fueled calls to flood extra vaccine doses to the state, but the Biden administration isn t sold on the idea.
The White House said in a briefing Friday that it is offering a set of additional tools to help hot spots like Michigan, but that toolbox does not include extra vaccine supply.
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Updated April 9, 2021 at 12:58 PM ET
If you look at a heat map for cases of COVID-19 in the United States, Michigan stands out. Its alarming spike in cases has fueled calls to flood extra vaccine doses to the state, but the Biden administration isn t sold on the idea.
The White House said in a briefing Friday that it is offering a set of additional tools to help hot spots like Michigan, but that toolbox does not include extra vaccine supply.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in her own briefing Friday that she has been speaking with the administration regularly and is grateful for what they have offered. Still, she renewed her call for a surge in vaccines to combat a spike driven by the B.1.1.7 variant initially found in the United Kingdom.