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Leelanau County has vaccinated 52% of its 16-years-and-older population, according to the latest figures from the state Department of Health and Human Services.
Lisa Peacock, the health officer for the Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department, said she and her staff achieved the milestone with community support.
“We never know for certain exactly why things happen, but I can tell you for certain that in Leelanau County, we’ve just had such great partnerships throughout this entire pandemic response,” she said.
Peacock said those partnerships started at the beginning of the pandemic, when people volunteered to help hang up the signs announcing screening and masking requirements for employees. She said it continues with teenagers talking to their classmates about how to protect their families from the virus, and neighboring health departments donating vaccine doses.
A Northern Michigan county is the first in the state to fully vaccinate more than half of its eligible residents against COVID-19.
Leelanau County has vaccinated 52% of its 16-years-and-older population, according to the latest figures from the state Department of Health and Human Services.
Lisa Peacock, the health officer for the Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department, said she and her staff achieved the milestone with community support.
“We never know for certain exactly why things happen, but I can tell you for certain that in Leelanau County, we’ve just had such great partnerships throughout this entire pandemic response.”
Peacock said those partnerships started at the beginning of the pandemic, when people volunteered to help hang up the signs announcing screening and masking requirements for employees. She said it continues with teenagers talking to their classmates about how to protect their families from the virus, and neighboring health departments donating v
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On April 25 in Lake City and then on May 1 in Cadillac, Lake City Area Schools and the Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District are scheduled to host pop-up COVID-19 testing sites.Â
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, the Lake City High School parking lot, 251 E. Russell St., will be the location for the testing site while from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 1 at the Wexford-Missaukee ISD/Career Tech Center parking lot, 9901 E. 13th St., will serve as a testing site. Lake City High School and the CTC are hosting the free drive-through COVID-19 rapid antigen testing site in a collaboration with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to help identify any new COVID-positive cases. The sites also are open to all ages and all residents regardless of where they reside.